You Are Studying Life-Forms in Extreme Environments, and You Have

question 34

Multiple Choice

You are studying life-forms in extreme environments, and you have discovered a microorganism with cardiolipin, hopanoids, and ester linkages in the membrane. It also has teichoic acids, galactans, and phenolic glycolipids in the cell wall. In addition, it is a porin similar to OmpA. This microorganism is most likely related to

• A) eukaryotic cells.
• B) archaea.
• C) mycobacteria.
• D) Gram-positive bacteria.
• E) Gram-negative bacteria.

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