The Sea Slug, Pteraeolidia Ianthina, Can Harbor Living Dinoflagellates (Photosynthetic

Multiple Choice

The sea slug, Pteraeolidia ianthina, can harbor living dinoflagellates (photosynthetic protists) in its skin. These endosymbiotic dinoflagellates reproduce quickly enough to maintain their populations. Low populations do not affect the sea slugs very much, but high populations (> 5 x 10⁵ cells/mg of sea slug protein) can promote sea slug survival.
-If 100,000 sea slug cells together contain 1.0 mg of protein, then what is the minimum number of dinoflagellates per sea slug cell that constitutes a "high," and therefore beneficial, population?

A) 1 cell
B) 5 cells
C) 10 cells
D) 50 cells
E) 100 cells