Question

Functional analysis of the genome of a prokaryote shows that 20% of the genome is for metabolism, 1% for biosynthesis of amino acids, 8% for peptide ABC transporters, and 2% for replication. What can you determine about the environment this organism lives in?

Answer 1

Answer:

This particular organism lives in an environment that is rich in organic material, particularly amino acids and proteins. Also the organism has low amount of amino acid biosynthesizing genes and relatively higher amount of peptide transporters.

Answer 2

Answer:

What can be determined is that the organism lives in an environment rich in organic material, particularly amino acids and proteins.

Explanation:

This specific prokaryote organism must live in an environment rich in amino acids and proteins since the percentage of its genome dedicated to the biosynthesis of these organic materials is very low compared to the percentage dedicated to other processes.