An Isolate of a Mutant Bacterium Appears to Grow More

Multiple Choice

An isolate of a mutant bacterium appears to grow more slowly than the population (wild type) from which it was isolated. Further studies showed that the slower growth was due to a markedly reduced DNA polymerase I activity. From this information, one would expect that this organism would also be deficient in the activity of DNA

A) excision repair.
B) transcription.
C) recombination.
D) unwinding.
E) translation.