A Researcher Is Very Surprised to Find a Prokaryotic Cell

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Multiple Choice

A researcher is very surprised to find a prokaryotic cell that is greater than 100 m in diameter. How could this be possible?

• A)A mutation has occurred that increases the size of the nucleoid by two, thereby allowing the cell to grow in diameter.
• B)There may be a large vacuole in the cell, which allows nutrients to still reach all areas of the cytoplasm in the cell.
• C)Plasmids within the cell carry mutations that allow the cell to grow larger in size.
• D)Through pili interactions, the prokaryotic cell can grow larger in size.
• E)A mutation has increased the size of the nucleoid by two, or the prokaryote can grow larger in size through pili interactions.

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