A Hypothetical Bacterium Swims Among Human Intestinal Contents Until It

question 20

Multiple Choice

A hypothetical bacterium swims among human intestinal contents until it finds a suitable location on the intestinal lining. It adheres to the intestinal lining using a feature that also protects it from phagocytes, bacteriophages, and dehydration. Faecal matter from a human in whose intestine this bacterium lives can spread the bacterium, even after being mixed with water and boiled. The bacterium is not susceptible to the penicillin family of antibiotics. It contains no plasmids and relatively little peptidoglycan.
-In which feature should one be able to locate a complete chromosome of this bacterium?

• A) mitochondrion
• B) nucleoid
• C) nucleus
• D) plasmid

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