The predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriophorus drills into a prey bacterium and once inside, digests it. In an attack upon a gram negative bacterium that has a slimy cell covering, what is the correct sequence of structures penetrated by B. bacteriophorus on its way to the prey's cytoplasm?
a. membrane composed mostly of lipopolysaccharide
b. membrane composed mostly of phospholipids
c. peptidoglycan
d. capsule

b.

Explanation:

The cell membrane is also called the phospholipid bi-layer.

parasites can detrimentally affect their host, but also must not allow their host to die before they can complete their life cycle. some parasites have complex life cycles with many different hosts, and have had to find ways of persisting in many different environments during the change from one host to another. ectoparasites live outside the body of the host, and can more easily  disperse, but are  more exposed to predators, parasites, parasitoids. endoparasites live inside the body of the host, and are therefore protected from the outside environment. but they can be  attacked by the host's immune system. they have therefore developed  mechanisms for dispersal such as  complex life cycles.

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