Prescott's Microbiology
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Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 3CHI
Magnetotactic bacteria are morphologically and
Refer to figures 12.4 and 12.5 to identify key enzymatic steps in each pathway. How do you think the microbiologists studying these fascinating microbes were able to conclude that these two bacterial isolates use two different pathways for carbon fixation?
Read the original paper: Williams, T. J., et al. 2006. Evidence for autotrophy via the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle in the marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1322.
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Chapter 12 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 1RIACh. 12.1 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is self-assembly? What...Ch. 12.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Briefly describe the three...Ch. 12.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Which two enzymes are...Ch. 12.4 - MICRO INQUIRY How might acetyl-CoA be used by the...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 2MICh. 12.4 - MICROINQUIRY What is the difference between Lipid...Ch. 12.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is gluconeogenesis?...Ch. 12.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Describe the formation of...Ch. 12.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Suppose a microorganism is...
Ch. 12.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Diagram the steps involved...Ch. 12.4 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What would happen to a cell...Ch. 12.5 - What purpose is served for the cell when these...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 2MICh. 12.5 - Prob. 1RIACh. 12.5 - How is nitrate assimilated? How does assimilatory...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 3RIACh. 12.5 - How do organisms assimilate sulfur? How does...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 5RIACh. 12.5 - Prob. 6RIACh. 12.5 - Describe the glyoxylate cycle. How is it similar...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 8RIACh. 12.5 - List the types of organisms that use each...Ch. 12.6 - How is phosphorus assimilated? What roles do...Ch. 12.6 - Explain the difference between a purine and a...Ch. 12.6 - Outline the way in which purines and pyrimidines...Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 1RIACh. 12.7 - How are unsaturated fatty acids made?Ch. 12.7 - Briefly describe the pathways for triacylglycerol...Ch. 12.7 - Activated carriers participate in carbohydrate,...Ch. 12.7 - Prob. 5RIACh. 12 - What would happen if a microorganism that depended...Ch. 12 - Intermediary carriers are in a limited supply:...Ch. 12 - Magnetotactic bacteria are morphologically and...
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