Which bacterial organism has a complex life cycle that involves gliding motility, swarming, and aggregation to form fruiting bodies coordinated by quorum sensing, followed by differentiation into spores?

a. myxobacteria
b. Treponema
c. mixotrophs
d. Leptothrix


Answer: A

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