Activity for 12/4/2023 class-Microbial metabolism

Which metabolic pathway that most monosaccharides can enter after conversion?

Sucrose is composed of __________ and ___________

• Fructose

• Glucose

• Maltose

• Galactose

Under anoxic conditions, P. denitrificans uses ______________ as its electron acceptor

• nitrate ion

• nitrite ion

• sulfate ion

Paracoccus denitrificans is a _____________ bacterium

Anaerobic respiration produces more ATP than aerobic respiration

• True

• False

Triglycerides are hydrolyzed by lipases to produce _________

• Glycogen

• Glycerol

• Amino acids

• Fatty acids

_________ is the removal of amino group from amino acid

Nitrification is a two-step oxidation process of ammonium and ammonia to nitrate. Which species is oxidizing nitrites to nitrates?

• Pseudomonas sp.

• Nitrosomonas sp.

• Nitrobacter sp.

• Aeromonas sp.

Chemolitotrophic microbes use _________ as the electron source and ______ as the energy source

• organic molecules, light

• reduced inorganic molecules, light

• reduced inorganic molecules, oxidation of chemical compounds

• organic molecules, oxidation of chemical compounds

Heterotrophic bacteria reduced organic molecules from other organisms as their carbon source

• True

• False