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10.3 Microbial Physio Module 10: Fermentation & Photosynthesis

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which bacteria use the reverse tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle for CO₂ fixation?

a)

Chlorobium limicola

b)

Escherichia coli

c)

Rhodopseudomonas palustris

d)

Clostridium acetobutylicum

2.

Which bacterial photosynthetic pathway does not involve the production of oxygen?

a)

Anoxygenic photosynthesis

b)

Oxygenic photosynthesis

c)

Chemolithotrophy

d)

Oxidative phosphorylation

3.

What is the role of quinones in bacterial photosynthesis?

a)

Light absorption

b)

ATP hydrolysis

c)

Electron transfer

d)

Carbon fixation

4.

What type of metabolism combines photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in bacteria?

a)

Phototrophy

b)

Chemotrophy

c)

Photoautotrophy

d)

Photoheterotrophy

5.

Which bacteria thrive in light-exposed, anoxic environments?

a)

Rhodobacter species

b)

Escherichia coli

c)

Clostridium botulinum

d)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6.

What is a by-product of bacterial oxygenic photosynthesis?

a)

Sulfate

b)

Methane

c)

Oxygen

d)

Ethanol

7.

Which process occurs in the purple sulfur bacteria to generate ATP?

a)

Non-cyclic photophosphorylation

b)

Cyclic photophosphorylation

c)

Substrate-level phosphorylation

d)

Fermentation

8.

Which gas inhibits nitrogenase activity in nitrogen-fixing photosynthetic bacteria?

a)

CO₂

b)

O₂

c)

H₂S

d)

N₂

9.

Which bacterial photosynthesis pigment absorbs light maximally in the far-red region?

a)

Bacteriochlorophyll g

b)

Chlorophyll a

c)

Phycoerythrin

d)

Carotenoid

10.

Which bacterium performs both anoxygenic photosynthesis and hydrogen production?

a)

Rhodopseudomonas palustris

b)

Escherichia coli

c)

Lactobacillus acidophilus

d)

Methanosarcina