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select the correct structure.

the image shows a paramecium and a bacterium. one of these organisms is very good at rapidly adapting to environmental changes because it has the ability to take in stray genetic information from the environment. which structure allows the organism to do this?

Answer: Bacteria through the nucleoid (number 5).

Explanation:

Both paramecium and bacteria are single celled organisms. However, they differ by the fact that the first one is an eukaryote and the second one a prokaryote.

Furthermore, they differ in their capacity to mutate and adapt to environmental changes. Bacteria have a simple internal structure that lacks any organelles and are very adept at adapting to environmental changes. Besides their capacity for high mutation rates, they are also capable of picking up genetic information from their environment through a process called transformation.

Through transofrmation, environmental DNA enter the living bacteria through its cell membrane. Double stranded DNA will have one strand dissolved through hydrolysis, whereas the second strand may recombine with the bacterial chromosome (nucleoid). Thus, this new genetic material will become incorporated into the bacterium's genome.