Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11.1, Problem 2RIA
Describe the nutritional requirements of the major nutritional groups and give some microbial examples of each.
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Ch. 11.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Discuss the ways in which...Ch. 11.1 - Describe the nutritional requirements of the major...Ch. 11.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Compare...Ch. 11.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What are the three major...Ch. 11.2 - Is NAD+ reduced to NADH in the catabolic or...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 1RIACh. 11.2 - Why is it to a cells advantage to catabolize...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 3RIACh. 11.4 - Which reactions are examples of substrate-level...Ch. 11.4 - For what kinds of reactions is NADPH used?
Ch. 11.4 - For what macromolecule is ribose 5-phosphate a...Ch. 11.4 - Summarize the major features of the...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.5 - Identify the substrate and products of the TCA...Ch. 11.5 - What chemical intermediate links pyruvate to the...Ch. 11.5 - Prob. 3RIACh. 11.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply In what eukaryotic...Ch. 11.5 - Why is it desirable for a microbe with the...Ch. 11.6 - Prob. 1MICh. 11.6 - Prob. 2MICh. 11.6 - Prob. 1RIACh. 11.6 - Describe the current model of oxidative...Ch. 11.6 - Prob. 3RIACh. 11.6 - Prob. 4RIACh. 11.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 11.7 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.7 - Prob. 3RIACh. 11.8 - Prob. 1MICh. 11.8 - Prob. 1RIACh. 11.8 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.8 - Briefly describe alcoholic, lactic acid, mixed...Ch. 11.8 - Prob. 4RIACh. 11.8 - Prob. 5RIACh. 11.9 - What is the difference between a hydrolase and...Ch. 11.9 - Prob. 2MICh. 11.9 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Briefly discuss the ways in...Ch. 11.9 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.9 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Describe how a...Ch. 11.10 - How do chemolithotrophs obtain their ATP and...Ch. 11.10 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.10 - Why can hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria and archaea...Ch. 11.10 - What is reverse electron flow and why do many...Ch. 11.10 - Arsenate is a compound that inhibits...Ch. 11.11 - When electrons from P700 are used to reduce NADP+,...Ch. 11.11 - Define the following terms: light reactions, dark...Ch. 11.11 - Prob. 2RIACh. 11.11 - What is the function of accessory pigments?Ch. 11.11 - Prob. 4RIACh. 11.11 - Compare and contrast anoxygenic phototrophy and...Ch. 11.11 - Prob. 6RIACh. 11 - Without looking in chapters 21 and 22, predict...Ch. 11 - From an evolutionary perspective, discuss why most...Ch. 11 - How would you isolate a thermophilic...Ch. 11 - Certain chemicals block ATP synthesis by allowing...Ch. 11 - Prob. 5CHICh. 11 - A cyanobacterium having photosystem I but not...Ch. 11 - Review the description of the Berkeley Pit Lake in...Ch. 11 - The archaeon Metallosphaera sedula is of great...Ch. 11 - Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria have been thought to be...
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