A Particular Bacterial Species Lacks the Enzymes Needed to Synthesize

question 1

Multiple Choice

A particular bacterial species lacks the enzymes needed to synthesize certain amino acids.Other related species have these enzymes.Which inference about this bacterium is most likely?

• A) It has fewer than the typical number of genes involved in translation.
• B) It has more than the typical number of genes involved in translation.
• C) It lives in the urogenital tracts of mammals.
• D) It must obtain these amino acids from the environment.
• E) It has plasmids.

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