Arsenic is а tоxic element fоund in bоth аquаtic and terrestrial environments. Scientists have found genes that allow bacteria to remove arsenic from their cytoplasm. Arsenic enters cells as arsenate that must be converted to arsenite to leave cells. Figure 1 provides a summary of the arsenic resistance genes found in the operons of three different bacteria. E. coli R773 is found in environments with low arsenic levels. Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans and Ochrobactrum tritici are both found in arsenic‑rich environments. E. coli, Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans, and Ochrobactrum tritici. One operon for arsenic removal is located on E. coli plasmid R 7 7 3, and it contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R, then a r s D, then a r s A, then a r s B, and finally a r s C. The following bacteria are found in arsenic rich environments. Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans contains four operons for arsenic removal. The first operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R, then a r s C a, then a r s B 1, then a r s H. The second operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R, then a r s C a, then a r s B 1, then a r s C b, then a r s H, then Permease. The third operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R, then a r s C a, then a c r 3, then M S F, then a r s C b, then a r s H. The fourth operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R, then a r s C a, then a r s H. Ochrobactrum tritici contains two operons for arsenic removal. The first operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R 1, then a r s D, then a r s A, then C B S, then a r s B. The second operon shown contains, from left to right, the following genes: a r s R 2, then a r s C 1, then a c r 3, then a r s C 2, then a r s H, then a r s R 3. Figure 1. Operons found in three selected bacteria for arsenic removal Researchers claim that bacteria that live in environments heavily contaminated with arsenic are more efficient at processing arsenic into arsenite and removing this toxin from their cells. Justify this claim based on the evidence shown in Figure 1.
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