Suppose you discovered a new bacterial strain from the permafrost of Alaska. You are able to culture the bacterium, but it grows slowly. What characteristics of the bacterium would you determine to see if you could optimize its growth rate

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explanation:

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the correct answer is:

a population changes in response to a change in the environment.

b is the correct answer

well for one plants are always the producer, so a is the answer. a wolf is more of the consumer(predator) and the deer is the prey so i know those two are out of the question. also mushrooms are fungi/fungus so a is the producer.