The diagram shows colonies of different species of bacteria in a growth medium before antibiotic treatment, during treatment, and after treatment.
Which statement describes three ways the antibiotic-resistant bacteria are able to survive?
a
They survive through the processes of adaptation, learned resistance, and gradual reproduction.
b
They survive through the processes of mutation, natural resistance, and rapid reproduction.
c
They survive through the processes of viral infection, mutation, and gradual reproduction.
d
They survive through the processes of evolution, meiosis, and rapid reproduction.
b
They survive through the processes of mutation, natural resistance, and rapid reproduction.