Table 103 Use the Information Given in Table 10

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Table 10.3
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & & { \text { Organism } } \\\hline \text { Characteristic } & \underline { \mathbf { A } } & \underline { \mathbf { B } } & \underline { \mathbf { C } } & \underline { \mathbf { C } } & \underline { \mathbf { E } } \\\hline \text { Morphology } & \text { Rod } & \text { Rod } & \text { Coccus } & \text { Coccus } & \text { Rod } \\\hline \text { Motile } & \text { Yes } & \text { Yes } & \text { No } & \text { No } & \text { Yes } \\\hline \text { Gram Reaction } & - & - & + & - & - \\\hline \text { Gllucose Utilization } & \text { Oxid. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { Ferm. } & \text { None } \\\hline \text { \% G+C } & 58 - 70 & 50 - 51 & 30 - 40 & 47 - 52 & 58 - 70 \\\hline \text { Cytochrome oxidase } & \text { Present } & \text { Absent } & \text { Absent } & \text { Present } & \text { Present } \\\hline\end{array}$$ Use the information given in Table 10.3 to answer the following questions. Which organisms are most closely related? On what did you base your answer? DNA from which organisms will probably hybridize?