Answer:
e. horizontal transfer of genes from a marine bacterium
Explanation:
Horizontal gene transfer is the transfer of genetic material from one independent mature bacterium to another and creates new gene combinations in the recipient bacterium. It mostly occurs between the bacterial of different species and is responsible for the spread of new genetic traits such as antibiotic resistance, digestion of specific substances, virulence, etc.
Transfer of genetic material from the donor to host bacteria can occur in three ways: transformation, transduction, and conjugation. According to the given information, marine Bacteroidetes have enzymes required to digest porphyran and agarose. <em>B. plebeius</em> might have acquired the genes for these enzymes from marine Bacteroidetes by horizontal gene transfer. This resulted in its ability to digest the marine seaweed while its close relative species cannot do so.
These lines (there is four of them) are residuals of the fusion of the five sacrum vertebrae that are fused. These "vertebrae" or segments present a characteristics, being the first of them very similar to a lumbar vertebra, large, and the other vertebrae are<span> progressively smaller and flattened. They also present a curved shape being anteriorly concave.</span>
C using a scanning electron microscope
