A giant micro organism, which was discovered in the intestine of brown surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus), is:
Correct answer: A. A bacterium
- A. A bacterium
- B. A virus
- C. A parasite
- D. Protozoa
Explanation
Epulopiscium fishelsoni is a very large bacterium that only lives in the gut of a brown surgeonfish found in the Red Sea.
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