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A researcher is very surprised to find a prokaryotic cell that is greater than 100 μ\mu m in diameter. How could this be possible?


A) A mutation has occurred that increases the size of the nucleoid by two, thereby allowing the cell to grow in diameter.
B) There may be a large vacuole in the cell, which allows nutrients to still reach all areas of the cytoplasm in the cell.
C) Plasmids within the cell carry mutations that allow the cell to grow larger in size.
D) Through pili interactions, the prokaryotic cell can grow larger in size.
E) A mutation has increased the size of the nucleoid by two, or the prokaryote can grow larger in size through pili interactions.

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