Which strategy would be most effective against a microsporidian parasite living within a lobster (crustacean) farm?
A) The addition of chitinases (enzymes that breakdown chitin) to the lobster's food.
B) Treatment with chemicals that block mitochondrial function.
C) Treatment with chemicals that block polar tube formation.
D) Treatment with chemicals that prevent microsporidia from reproducing sexually.
E) Treatment with antibiotics.

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Microsporidia use polar tubes to inject their spores into the host's cells, so blocking polar tube formation would prevent the parasite from infecting the lobster's cells. The other options are less likely to effectively target a microsporidian parasite specifically.

Which Strategy Would Be Most Effective Against a Microsporidian Parasite