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Musya8 [376]
3 years ago
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Antibiotics can be used to kill the specific pathogenic bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that causes tuberculosis. The app

earance of antibiotic-resistant strains has made it more difficult to cure M. tuberculosis infections. These antibiotic-resistant bacteria survive and pass on the genes to their offspring, making the resistant phenotype more common in the population DNA analysis indicates that the genes for antibiotic resistance are not normally present in bacterial chromosomal DNA
Which of the following statements best explains how the genes for antibiotic resistance can be transmitted between bacteria without the exchange of bacterial chromosomal DNA?
a The antibiotic-resistant bacteria release a hormone that signals neighboring bacteria to become resistant
b. The genes for antibiotic resistance are located on a plasmid that can be passed to neighboring bacteria.
c. The antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the result of bacteria that specifically modify their own chromosomal DNA to neutralize the antibiotics
d. The antibiotic alters the bacterial genome of each bacterium, which results in an antibiotic-resistant population
How do you know your answer is the correct one?(Required)
Biology
1 answer:
amm18123 years ago
3 0

Answer:

c. The antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the result of bacteria that specifically modify their own chromosomal DNA to neutralize the antibiotics

Explanation:

In antibiotic resistant M. tuberculosis bacteria, the M. tuberculosis bacteria become drug resistant due to modification of its chromosomal DNA to the antibiotic due to selective pressure.

Note that selective pressure is an reason for any organism with certain phenotypes to have a survival benefit or disadvantage. This thus leads to natural selection.

This natural selection is what causes the M. tuberculosis bacteria to survive.

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