Extremophilic Bacteria Are Able to Survive in Hostile Environments, Including

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Extremophilic bacteria are able to survive in hostile environments, including scalding hot water found in springs and vents that reach temperatures over 100°C. Researchers studying these bacteria measured the function of a protein from an extremophile bacterium at 100°C, and they also measured the function of a similar protein from a human cell at 100°C. Which results do you think the researchers obtained?

• A)The bacterial protein functioned normally, whereas the human protein did not.
• B)The human protein functioned normally, whereas the bacterial protein did not.
• C)The bacterial protein and the human protein both functioned normally.
• D)Neither the human protein nor the bacterial protein functioned normally.

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