If a bacterium regenerates from an endospore that did not possess any of the plasmids that were contained in its original parent cell but does contain the large circular chromosome,the regenerated bacterium will probably also
A)lack antibiotic-resistant genes.
B)lack a cell wall.
C)lack chromosomes.
D)lack water in its cytoplasm.
E)be unable to survive in its normal environment.

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Plasmids are not essential genetic material for bacterial survival, and the absence of plasmids would not affect the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes on the large circular chromosome. Therefore, the regenerated bacterium would most likely lack antibiotic-resistant genes if it did not possess any of the plasmids that were contained in its original parent cell.

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