One advantage of participating in a biofilm is ____________.
A. the ability to move as a group.
B. the ability to share other members’ toxin-degrading secretions.
C. increased competition for food.
D. the ability to break down neighbor’s scaffolding for food.
E. the formation of a colonial organism.
Answer: B
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