You sample the solid waste of three infants from three different families each week for 24 weeks. You find that the population of bacteria in the gut is dominated by one species for the first 12 weeks, and then shifts to another species. This suggests the gut bacterial community:
A)is fixed and unchanging.
B)is essential for human health.
C)is harmful to humans.
D)composition changes over time.
E)is helpful to humans.

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The fact that the dominant bacterial species in the gut shifts from one species to another after 12 weeks suggests that the composition of the gut bacterial community changes over time. Therefore, choice D is the best answer. The other options (A, B, C, and E) are not supported by the information given.

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