Final answer:
b) No, a bacterium would not transcribe a gene with a eukaryotic promoter spliced in front as bacterial transcription machinery does not recognize eukaryotic promoters.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question at hand is whether the introduction of a eukaryotic promoter spliced in front of a bacterial gene, which is then inserted into a bacterial chromosome, will allow the bacterium to transcribe the gene.
The correct answer is b) No, prokaryotes use different promoters than eukaryotes. Eukaryotic promoters are not recognized by the bacterial transcription machinery, which includes RNA polymerase and its associated factors.
Therefore, the bacterial cell would not be able to transcribe the eukaryotic gene properly because the required promoter recognition and binding would not occur as it does in eukaryotes.