Microbial Metabolism problems
- 1. The reaction, where small precursor molecules are assembled into larger organic molecules is referred as
Options- A. anabolism
- B. catabolism
- C. metabolism
- D. any of these Discuss
Correct Answer: anabolism
- 2. The phosphate inhibition in the clavine formation with Claviceps SD58, can be counteracted by the addition of
Options- A. alanine
- B. methionine
- C. tryptophan
- D. lysine Discuss
Correct Answer: tryptophan
- 3. In establishing proton gradient for chemiosmotic ATP generation by aerobic respiration the terminal electron acceptor is
Options- A. nitrate
- B. oxygen
- C. sulfate
- D. CO2 Discuss
Correct Answer: oxygen
- 4. In an oxygenic photosynthesis, the green and the purple bacteria do not use which of the following one as an electron source?
Options- A. H2O
- B. H2
- C. H2S
- D. S (elemental sulphur) Discuss
Correct Answer: H2O
- 5. Which of the following does not produce oxygen as a product of photosynthesis?
Options- A. Oak trees
- B. Purple sulfur bacteria
- C. Cyanobacteria
- D. Phytoplankton Discuss
Correct Answer: Purple sulfur bacteria
- 6. Standard free energy change (?G) can be expressed as
Options- A. ?G° = -RTlnkeq
- B. ?G° = RTlnkeq
- C. ?G° = R/Tlnkeq
- D. ?G° = -RT/lnkeq Discuss
Correct Answer: ?G° = -RTlnkeq
- 7. Entner - Doudoroff pathway is not found in
Options- A. aerobic prokaryotes
- B. anaerobic prokaryotes
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. eukaryotes Discuss
Correct Answer: eukaryotes
- 8. High energy transfer compounds are capable of
Options- A. accepting large amounts of free energy
- B. transferring large amounts of free energy
- C. measuring free energy
- D. none of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: transferring large amounts of free energy
- 9. The role of bacteriophyll in an oxygenic photosynthesis is to
Options- A. reduce ferridoxin directly
- B. reduce NADP directly
- C. use light energy to energize an electron
- D. transfer electrons to an intermediate in the sulfide oxidation pathway Discuss
Correct Answer: use light energy to energize an electron
- 10. The acquisition energy by glucose fermentation requires
Options- A. substrate-level phosphorylation
- B. electron transport of electrons from NADH
- C. long-chain fatty acid oxidation
- D. the enzyme formic-hydrogen lyase Discuss
Correct Answer: substrate-level phosphorylation
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