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With electron microscopes,researchers have found a group of bacteria to have folded membranes resembling thylakoids.The membranes contain molecules similar to those in plant chloroplasts,allowing photosynthesis to take place.A likely explanation for the similarity of the membrane in bacterial cells is that


A) these bacteria share similar genetic controls, regulating the formation of the folded membranes, with plants.
B) these bacteria share structure and molecules, but could not be expected to do photosynthesis without specialized compartments.
C) these bacteria should be reclassified as eukaryotes, since they share the thylakoid membrane and molecules with plants and protists.
D) these bacteria fully evolved to have membrane-bound organelles, like the eukaryotes.

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