Current classification of prokaryotes is based on

A. occurrence of transverse binary fission.
B. type of colony formation.
C. ability to stain the cell wall with Gram stain.
D. sequencing of proteins, DNA, and RNA.
E. morphology of flagella.


Answer: D

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