The Following Table Depicts Characteristics of Five Prokaryotic Species (A-E)

question 28

Multiple Choice

The following table depicts characteristics of five prokaryotic species (A-E) . Use the information in the table to answer the question.
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline \text {Trait } \\\hline \text {Plasmid } \\\hline \text { Gram Staining } \\\text {Results}\\\hline \text { Nutritional } \\\text {Mode}\\\hline \\\\\\\text { Specialized} \\\text {Metabolic}\\ \text { Pathways } \\\hline\\ \text { Other Features } \\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\hline \text {Species A }\\\hline \text {R}\\\hline\\\text {Variable}\\\hline \text {Chemohetero-}\\\text {troph}\\\hline \text {Aerobic}\\\text {methanotroph}\\\text {(obtains}\\\text {carbon and}\\\text {eneroy from}\\\text {methane) }\\\hline\\ \text {Fimbriae}\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline \text {Species B}\\\hline \text {None}\\\hline\\\text {Variable}\\\hline \text {Chemoauto-}\\\text {troph}\\\hline\\\\\\\\\text {Anaerobic}\\\text {methanogen}\\\hline \text {Internal}\\\text {membranes}\\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \text {Species C}\\\hline \text {R} \\\hline\\ \text {Negative}\\\hline \text {Chemohetero-}\\ \text {troph}\\\hline \\\\\\ \text {Anaerobic}\\ \text {butanolic}\\ \text {fermentation}\\\hline \\ \text {Flagellum}\\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \text {Species D}\\\hline \text {F}\\\hline\\\text {Negative}\\\hline \text {Chemohetero-}\\\\text {roph}\\\hline \\\\\\\text {Anaerobic }\\\text {lactic acid }\\\text {fermentation}\\\hline \\\text {Pili}\\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \text {SpeciesE}\\ \hline \text {None}\\\hline\\\text {Negative}\\\hline \text {Photoauto-}\\\text {troph}\\\hline \text {Anaerobic}\\ \text {nitrogen}\\ \text {fixation and}\\ \text {aerobic}\\ \text {photosystems}\\ \text {I and II}\\\hline \\\text {Thylakoids}\\\hline \end{array}\end{array}$


Species D is pathogenic if it gains access to the human intestine. Which other species, if it coinhabited a human intestine along with species D, is most likely to become a recombinant species that is both pathogenic and resistant to some antibiotics?

• A) species A
• B) species B
• C) species C
• D) species E

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