<prompt> Please answer with one of the option in the bracket. Write reasoning in between . Write answer in between .Q:A 35-year-old female presents to the emergency room complaining of diarrhea and dehydration. She has been experiencing severe watery diarrhea for the past 3 days. She reports that she has been unable to leave the bathroom for more than a few minutes at a time. She noticed earlier today that there was some blood on her toilet paper after wiping. She recently returned from a volunteer trip to Yemen where she worked at an orphanage. Her past medical history is notable for psoriasis for which she takes sulfasalazine. The patient drinks socially and does not smoke. Her temperature is 99F 37.2C, blood pressure is 10055 mmHg, pulse is 130min, and respirations are 20min. Mucus membranes are dry. Her eyes appear sunken. Capillary refill is 4 seconds. The patient is started on intravenous fluid resuscitation. Which of the following processes is capable of transmitting the genetic material for the toxin responsible for this patients condition?? A: Endospore formation, B: Transformation, C: Conjugation, D: Transduction, E: Transposition,  <response>: Based on the patients recent travel history to Yemen and symptoms of severe watery diarrhea with blood, the most likely diagnosis is travelers diarrhea caused by an infection. The question asks about the process capable of transmitting the genetic material for the toxin responsible for her condition. Since this is an infectious process, the answer would involve horizontal gene transfer of virulence factors rather than vertical transmission. Conjugation, transduction, and transformation are mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer that can spread genetic material between bacteria. Endospore formation and transposition involve transmission of genetic material within a cell rather than between cells.D: Transduction 