Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 26, Problem 4TYK
At the health center, a fecal sample was taken from a feverish student. Organisms with corkscrewlike flagella and no endomembranes but with cell walls that lack peptidoglycan were isolated as the cause for the illness. These organisms probably belong to the group:
a. chlamydias.
b. spirochetes.
c. Euryarchacota.
d. Cyanobacteria.
e. Archaea.
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