You Are Given the Task of Designing an Aerobic, Mixotrophic

question 17

Multiple Choice

You are given the task of designing an aerobic, mixotrophic protist that can perform photosynthesis in fairly deep water (for example, 250 m deep) , and can also crawl about and engulf small particles. With which two of the following structures would you provide your protist?
1) hydrogenosome
2) apicoplast
3) pseudopods
4) chloroplast from red alga
5) chloroplast from green alga

• A) 1 and 2
• B) 2 and 3
• C) 2 and 4
• D) 3 and 4
• E) 4 and 5

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