E. coli adjusts to the stationary phase by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
A) decrease its size
B) synthesize enzymes to handle oxygen radicals
C) synthesize proteins to protect DNA and proteins
D) increase peptidoglycan cross-linking
E) form spores

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E. coli is a non-spore forming bacterium, so it cannot form spores. Therefore, forming spores is not a way for it to adjust to the stationary phase. Instead, it adjusts to the stationary phase by decreasing its size, synthesizing enzymes to handle oxygen radicals, synthesizing proteins to protect DNA and proteins, and increasing peptidoglycan cross-linking.

E Coli Adjusts to the Stationary Phase by Doing All