In hostile conditions, some bacteria develop a protective coating called a(n)
capsule
endospore
ribosome
pili
endospore
Rationale: During hostile conditions, some bacteria develops a protective coating called an endospore; a capsule is the outermost layer of a prokaryocyte; pili have hairlike protrusions similar to cilia; ribosomes are similar to eukaryotic cells; and plasmids are extracellular DNA.
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