Bacteria are a commonly used organism for studies of genetic material in the research laboratory. The nucleic acids must first be isolated from the cells for these studies. Which of the following would most likely be used to lyse the bacterial cells for nucleic acid isolation?

The options are not given but the most probable answer is - Lysozyme

Explanation:

Bacteria are commonly used in many genetic research program. So for genetic research, the nucleic acid of bacteria has to be taken out for the molecular studies.

So to take out the genetic material of bacteria first their cell wall has to be broken and destroyed. Lysozyme is the enzyme that targets the peptidoglycan layer in the bacterial cell wall and breaks it which causes cell wall lysis in bacteria.

So lysozyme is the enzyme which can be used to lyse the bacterial cells for nucleic acid isolation.