The Phylogenetic Species Concept May Not Be Useful for Microbial

question 35

Multiple Choice

The phylogenetic species concept may not be useful for microbial species because

• A) microbes are not neatly divided by species barriers.
• B) it is only useful if organisms reliably pass down genes to offspring.
• C) the genomes of microbes are mixed together by horizontal gene transfer, resulting in a mosaic-like genome.
• D) all of the above

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