Valerie Homework. Unanswered Valerie is a studious 15 year old who is also a valuable member of her school's field hockey team. They are 15-1 this year and have a chance at winning the state championship. However, Valerie recently began feeling ill with noticeable signs of a high fever. After several days, her parents decided to take her to the ER and the attending physician admitted her to the hospital with an ongoing bacterial infection. After several more days, doctors are perplexed that her body is unable to fight off the infection. They decide to take a blood sample and have it sent to the lab for analysis. Lab results indicate that the vacuoles in her white blood cells are successfully trapping the bacteria. However, the bacteria are not being digested by the cell. Which organelle is likely disrupted?

А. Peroxisome
B. Mitochondria
C. Lysosome.
D. Smooth ER
E. Rough ER
F. Golgi Apparatus

Lysosomes are the membrane-enclosed small vesicles formed from the Golgi apparatus. The lysosomes contain enzymes like RNAase, DNAase, protease and other enzymes which can digest the biomolecules and maintains the pH at 5.0.

The acidic environment and the digestive enzymes help lysosomes digest the foreign material and the cellular debris.

In the given question, since the cell is not able to digest the bacteria and its components therefore the affected organ is the lysosomes.

Thus, Option-C is the correct answer.