Question

Solar evaporation ponds are shallow so that the sun can heat them up, causing the water to evaporate, which increases the salt concentration. A hybrid of which two bacteria tested in this lab would find life in this habitat ideal?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. stearothermophilus and S. ruber

Explanation:

B. stearothermophilus and S. ruber

In solar evaporation ponds the temperature is higher and the salt concentration is also higher because of the water evaporated so sunder such extreme conditions this hybrid bacteria is capable of surviving. B. stearothermophilus is thermophilus bacteria which grows at high temperature and S. ruber is halophilic bacteria which grows in saline environment. So, these two bacteria best suited for the above hybrid condition.