BIOD 171 MODULE 2 MICROBIOLOGY COMPLETE REVIEW SET WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

BIOD 171 MODULE 2 MICROBIOLOGY
COMPLETE REVIEW SET WITH PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

◉ lithotrophs.
Answer: remove electrons from inorganic molecules such as
elemental sulfur


◉ carbon.
Answer: in order to carry out metabolic processes, microbes must
also have a source of...


◉ heterotroph.
Answer: a microorganism that derives its carbon from organic
molecules such as sugars


◉ autotroph.
Answer: organisms that derive their carbon from inorganic
molecules, most often from carbon dioxide (CO2)


◉ phosphorylation.
Answer: the addition of a phosphate group

, ◉ photophosphorylation.
Answer: light energy is used to power the formation of ATP from
ADP


◉ substrate-level phosphorylation.
Answer: the phosphoryl (PO3) group of a chemical compound is
transferred and donated (added) directly to ADP


◉ phosphorylated reactive intermediate.
Answer: in substrate-level phosphorylation, the chemical compound
losing the phosphate group is referred to as the...


◉ oxidative phosphorylation.
Answer: used by chemotrophs, the energy released by the chemical
oxidation of nutrients is used to reform ATP


◉ glycolysis.
Answer: the breakdown of a single molecule of glucose


◉ reactants.
Answer: molecules present and involved at the beginning of a
chemical reaction