Microbial Metabolism Questions

• In aerobic respiration, the terminal electron acceptor is
• Which of the following(s) is/are the products of the light reactions of photosynthesis?
• The catabolic reaction, pentose-phosphate exists in
• In the passive diffusion, solute molecules cross the membrane as a result of
• The chlorophyll molecules used by eucaryotes and cyanobacteria absorb radiant energy in the____________portion(s) of the visible spectrum.
• Nitrogen fixation is a process that requires
• Aerobic catabolism of glucose yields how much energy (ATP synthesized) relative to glucose fermentation?
• Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria oxidize
• The relationship between an oxidation-reduction potential difference and the standard free energy change is (where n is the number of moles of electron transferred, F= Faraday's constant and E°= standard oxidation-reduction potential difference)
• Which of the following catalyze liberation of orthophosphate from organic P compounds and inorganic pyrophosphate?
• The specific enzyme/(s) of the glyoxylate cycle is/are
• The reactions of the cell that are carried out for capturing energy are called
• TCA cycle functions in
• If ΔG of a chemical reaction is positive in value and keq is less than 1 then the chemical reaction will
• The bacteriochlorophylls used by the anoxygenic bacteria have absorbance maxima located in the_____portion(s) of the spectrum.
• DAHP synthetase catalyzes the condensation of
• Bacteriochlorophyll differs from chlorophyll in what way?
• If radioactive bicarbonate was supplied to bacterial cells, which were actively synthesizing fatty acids, it is expected to find the bulk of the radioactivity in
• During the reduction phase of the Calvin cycle, phosphoglyceric acid is reduced to______utilizing________as the reduction source.
• The glyoxylate cycle is used by some microorganisms when___________ is the sole carbon source.