You are examining samples from a site in a dry pond that alternates between freezing cold winters and hot dry summers.When you find dormant thick-walled structures,you suspect that these are from bacteria and are
A) plasmids.
B) pili.
C) ribosomes.
D) flagella.
E) endospores.

Question

You are examining samples from a site in a dry pond that alternates between freezing cold winters and hot dry summers.When you find dormant thick-walled structures,you suspect that these are from bacteria and are 
A) plasmids.
B) pili.
C) ribosomes.
D) flagella.
E) endospores.

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Endospores are some of the most durable dormant living structures known.

You Are Examining Samples from a Site in a Dry