A Bacterium Has the Following Characteristics

question 35

Multiple Choice

A bacterium has the following characteristics:
∙ It adheres to the human intestinal lining using a feature that protects it from phagocytes, bacteriophages, and dehydration.
∙ It can survive being boiled.
∙ It contains no plasmids and relatively little peptidoglycan.
∙ The bacterium is not susceptible to the penicillin family of antibiotics.
∙ The cell also lacks F factors and F plasmids.
Which of the following statements about the bacteria is most probably accurate?

• A) The bacterium is unable donate DNA through conjugation with another cell.
• B) The bacterium cannot take up DNA from its external environment.
• C) The bacterium is not able to form an endospore.
• D) The bacterium will not reproduce.

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