Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) There may be millions or hundreds of millions of prokaryotic species on Earth.
• B) The number of individual prokaryotes may be 100 million times greater than the number of stars in the visible universe.
• C) The individual bacteria living in your intestinal tract outnumber all humans who have ever lived.
• D) Prokaryotes were alone on the early Earth for a very long time, adapting to new environments.
• E) Prokaryote ecology is irrelevant to that of other organisms on Earth.

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