Current classification of prokaryotes is based on

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


Answer: A

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