Q: Bacterial dna is contained in a large, circular strand; this single chromosome is located in a region of the cell called what?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

DNA. By contrast though, bacterial DNA is contained in a large, circular strand. This single chromosome is located in a region of the cell called the nucleoid . The nucleoid is not an organelle, but a region within the cytoplasm. Many bacteria also have additional small rings of DNA known as plasmids .

 Choices:

- polypeptide

- amino acid

- nucleic acid

- the nucleoid


A:
the nucleoid