A Bacterium Has the Following Characteristics

Multiple Choice

A bacterium has the following characteristics:
∙ It adheres to the human intestinal lining using a feature that protects it from phagocytes, bacteriophages, and dehydration.
∙ It can survive being boiled.
∙ It contains no plasmids and relatively little peptidoglycan.
∙ The bacterium is not susceptible to the penicillin family of antibiotics.
∙ The cell also lacks F factors and F plasmids.
Which of the following statements about the bacteria is most probably accurate?

A) The bacterium is unable donate DNA through conjugation with another cell.
B) The bacterium cannot take up DNA from its external environment.
C) The bacterium is not able to form an endospore.
D) The bacterium will not reproduce.