If you were to sequence the pathogenic E.coli strain O157:H7, you would most likely find genes that came from
A) Mycoplasma.
B) Rhizobium.
C) Methylococcus.
D) Salmonella.
E) the bacterium that causes SARS.

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E. coli O157:H7 is an enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and is believed to have acquired virulence genes through horizontal gene transfer from other pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, and other EHEC strains. Therefore, it is most likely to have genes from Salmonella.

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