Bacillus anthracis deficient in its ability to differentiate would not be able to
A) chemotax towards growth substrates.
B) create vessicles.
C) form endospores.
D) grow without additional supplemented nutrients.

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Differentiation in Bacillus anthracis is critical for the formation of endospores. A deficiency in differentiation would prevent this process, and therefore, the bacterium would not be able to form endospores. However, it would still be able to chemotax towards growth substrates, create vesicles, and grow with additional supplemented nutrients, as these processes do not depend on differentiation.

Bacillus Anthracis Deficient in Its Ability to Differentiate Would Not