Table 103 Use the Information Given in Table 10

question 39

Short Answer

Table 10.3
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & & { \text { Organism } } \\\hline \text { Characteristic } & \underline { \mathbf { A } } & \underline { \mathbf { B } } & \underline { \mathbf { C } } & \underline { \mathbf { C } } & \underline { \mathbf { E } } \\\hline \text { Morphology } & \text { Rod } & \text { Rod } & \text { Coccus } & \text { Coccus } & \text { Rod } \\\hline \text { Motile } & \text { Yes } & \text { Yes } & \text { No } & \text { No } & \text { Yes } \\\hline \text { Gram Reaction } & - & - & + & - & - \\\hline \text { Gllucose Utilization } & \text { Oxid. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { None } \\\hline \text { \% G+C } & 58 - 70 & 50 - 51 & 30 - 40 & 47 - 52 & 58 - 70 \\\hline \text { Cytochrome oxidase } & \text { Present } & \text { Absent } & \text { Absent } & \text { Present } & \text { Present } \\\hline\end{array}$$ Use the information given in Table 10.3 to answer the following questions. Which organisms are most closely related? On what did you base your answer? DNA from which organisms will probably hybridize?

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Definitions:

Immediate Market Period

A very short time frame in economics during which the supply of a good is completely fixed and cannot respond to changes in demand.

Supply

The total amount of a product or service that is available to consumers, which can vary based on price, production costs, and other factors.

Elastic

A term used in economics to describe the sensitivity of the demand or supply of a good or service to changes in its price.

Perfectly Inelastic

A situation in which the quantity demanded or supplied does not change regardless of any change in price.