Researchers are finding that in many ways an individual
bacterium is more analogous to a component cell of a
multicellular organism than it is to a free-living,
autonomous organism. Anabaena, a freshwater bacteria is a
case in point. Among photosynthetic bacteria, Anabaena is
unusual: it is capable of both photosynthesis and nitrogen
fixation. Within a single cell, these two biochemical
processes are incompatible: oxygen produced during
photosynthesis, inactivates the nitrogenase required for
nitrogen fixation. In Anabaena communities, however,
these processes can coexist. When fixed nitrogen
compounds are abundant, Anabaena is strictly
photosynthetic and its cells are all alike. When nitrogen
levels are low, however, specialized cells called heterocysts
are produced which lack chlorophyll (necessary for
photosynthesis) but which can fix nitrogen by converting
nitrogen gas into a usable form. Submicroscopic channels
develop which connect the heterocyst cells with the
photosynthetic ones and which are used for transferring
cellular products between the two kinds of Anabaena cells.
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9.The author uses the example of Anabaena to illustrate
the
(A) uniqueness of bacteria among unicellular organ-
isms
(B) inadequacy of an existing view of bacteria
(C) ability of unicellular organisms to engage in
photosynthesis
(D) variability of a freshwater bacteria
(E) difficulty of investigating even the simplest
unicellular organisms
Researchers are finding that in many ways an individual bacterium is more analogous to a component cell of a multicellular organism than it is to a free-living, autonomous organism.
这句是定位句,就是说科学家发现细菌其实更像a component cell of a multicellular organism而不是a free-living, autonomous organism,应该是指出了一个新发现的意思,所以是批判老观点的
而这个bacteria的确是有uniqueness,但是是和photosynthetic bacteria相比的,与单细胞生物无关。你可能受到了这个Within a single cell的影响选错了,事实上那个并不能突出 Anabaena的uniqueness,因为Anabaena不仅是多细胞组成的,而且还是多细胞里面同时有光合和固氮两种合成的。
一家之言,可能有错,欢迎指正。
“Researchers are finding that in many ways an individual bacterium is more analogous to a component cell of a multicellular organism than it is to a free-living, autonomous organism.
G这句是定位句,就是说科学家发现细菌其实更像a component cell of a multicellular organism而不是a free-living, autonomous organism,应该是指出了一个新发现的意思,所以是批判老观点的; ”