However,
more
bacteria
are
benign
or
beneficial.
– Bacteria
in
our
intes(nes
produce
important
vitamins.
– Prokaryotes
recycle
carbon
and
other
chemical
elements
between
organic
maler
and
the
soil
and
atmosphere.
• Prokaryotes
oFen
live
in
close
associa(on
among
themselves
and
with
eukaryotes
in
symbio(c
rela(onships.
– Mitochondria
and
chloroplasts
evolved
from
prokaryotes
that
became
residents
in
larger
host
cells.