Mycoplasma are among the smallest and perhaps the simplest self -replicating prokaryotes known. M. genitalium contains a genome of 0.58 Mb. Approximately how many genes does this bacterium contain?
A) between 400 and 550
B) 1200
C) 3000
D) 426,000
E) 12

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M. genitalium has a small genome of 0.58 Mb, which typically contains between 400 and 550 genes, as it is one of the smallest known genomes of any free-living organism.

Mycoplasma Are Among the Smallest and Perhaps the Simplest Self