Myxococcus xanthus shuts off DNA replication upon starvation, but cells can finish any DNA replication already in progress. Those cells that complete DNA replication will eventually become myxospores. What mechanism most likely allows xanthus to do this

How are the reproductive cycles of a fungus and a pteridophyte similar? a)both organisms form fruiting bodies that produce diploid seeds. b)both organisms produce haploid spores and exhibit diploid and haploid stages. c)both organisms reproduce sexually when two haploid hyphae fuse. d)both organisms exhibit a diploid stage and are only able to reproduce asexually.