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The glycolysis pathway is basically _______.
a. catabolic
b. amphibolic
c. anabolic
d. cyclical
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Ch. 5 - Microbial Metabolism
Bauman6th EditionMicrobiology with Diseases by TaxonomyISBN: 9780134832302
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TOC.tableOfContents
- Ch. 1 - A Brief History of Microbiology31
- Ch. 2 - The Chemistry of Microbiology28
- Ch. 3 - Cell Structure and Function39
- Ch. 4 - Microscopy, Staining, and Classification25
- Ch. 5 - Microbial Metabolism51
- Ch. 6 - Microbial Nutrition and Growth37
- Ch. 7 - Microbial Genetics51
- Ch. 8 - Recombinant DNA Technology21
- Ch. 9 - Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment36
- Ch. 10 - Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs21
- Ch. 11 - Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes29
- Ch. 12 - Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes34
- Ch. 13 - Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions23
- Ch. 14 - Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology35
- Ch. 15 - Innate Immunity34
- Ch. 16 - Adaptive Immunity21
- Ch. 17 - Immunization and Immune Testing29
- Ch. 18 - Immune Disorders22
- Ch. 19 - Pathogenic Gram-Positive Bacteria25
- Ch. 20 - Pathogenic Gram-Negative Cocci and Bacilli28
- Ch. 21 - Rickettsias, Chlamydias, Spirochetes, and Vibrios25
- Ch. 22 - Pathogenic Fungi47
- Ch. 23 - Parasitic Protozoa, Helminths, and Arthropod Vectors44
- Ch. 24 - Pathogenic DNA Viruses23
- Ch. 25 - Pathogenic RNA Viruses30
- Ch. 26 - Applied and Industrial Microbiology29
- Ch. 27 - Microbial Ecology and Microbiomes22
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Capitolo 5, Problema 18
Reactions involved in the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis constitute the _______.
a. Citric acid cycle
b. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
c. Calvin-Benson cycle
d. pentose phosphate pathway
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Understand that photosynthesis consists of two main stages: light-dependent reactions and light-independent reactions.
Recall that light-dependent reactions capture light energy to produce ATP and NADPH, which are then used in the light-independent reactions.
Identify that the light-independent reactions are responsible for fixing carbon dioxide into organic molecules, a process known as carbon fixation.
Recognize that the cycle responsible for carbon fixation in photosynthesis is called the Calvin-Benson cycle.
Match the correct answer choice to the Calvin-Benson cycle, which corresponds to option c.
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Light-Independent Reactions of Photosynthesis
These reactions, also known as the dark reactions, do not require light directly and use ATP and NADPH produced in the light-dependent reactions to fix carbon dioxide into organic molecules. They occur in the stroma of chloroplasts and are essential for synthesizing glucose.
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Light Reactions of Photosynthesis
Calvin-Benson Cycle
The Calvin-Benson cycle is the primary pathway of carbon fixation in photosynthesis, converting CO2 into glucose using ATP and NADPH. It involves three phases: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the CO2 acceptor molecule, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate.
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Other Metabolic Pathways (Citric Acid Cycle, Entner-Doudoroff Pathway, Pentose Phosphate Pathway)
These pathways are involved in cellular metabolism but are distinct from photosynthesis. The citric acid cycle is part of aerobic respiration, the Entner-Doudoroff pathway is an alternative glycolytic route, and the pentose phosphate pathway generates NADPH and ribose sugars, but none directly represent the light-independent photosynthetic reactions.
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Which of the following statements about the Entner-Doudoroff pathway is false?
a. It is a series of reactions that synthesizes glucose.
b. Its products are sometimes used to determine the presence of Pseudomonas.
c. It is a pathway of chemical reactions that catabolizes glucose.
d. It is an alternative pathway to glycolysis.
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Under ideal conditions, the complete aerobic oxidation of one molecule of glucose by a bacterium allows a net gain of how many ATP molecules?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 38
d. 0
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A laboratory scientist notices that a certain bacterium does not utilize lactose when glucose is available in its environment. Describe a cellular regulatory mechanism that would explain this observation.
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A major difference between anaerobic respiration and anaerobic fermentation is _______.
a. in the use of oxygen
b. that the former requires breathing
c. that the latter uses organic molecules within the cell as final electron acceptors
d. that fermentation only produces alcohol
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