You culture the dried soup from a 4,000- year- old cooking pot found in an Egyptian tomb and obtain a distinctive species of prokaryote.You immerse a test tube of these bacteria in boiling water for several hours,but the colony grows back.This species is probably

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Endospore-forming bacteria have the ability to form protective structures called endospores that can survive extreme conditions such as heat, radiation, and desiccation. This allows them to persist in harsh environments and potentially survive boiling water. Neither spirochetes nor cyanobacteria have the ability to form endospores, and being halophilic (able to survive in high salt concentration) is not relevant to the scenario given.

You Culture the Dried Soup from a 4,000- Year- Old