Microbial Metabolism – Section 1

21. Which of the following does not produce oxygen as a product of photosynthesis?

A. Oak trees
B. Purple sulfur bacteria
C. Cyanobacteria
D. Phytoplankton

Correct Answer: B. Purple sulfur bacteria
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22. When acetate is the sole source of carbon for some microorganisms, the cycle which is used, is called

A. pentose phosphate pathway
B. glycolytic pathway
C. glyoxylate pathway
D. oxaloacetate pathway

Correct Answer: C. glyoxylate pathway
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23. Hexose monophosphate pathway is also known as

A. phosphogluconate pathway
B. oxaloacetate pathway
C. malate pathway
D. fumarate pathway

Correct Answer: A. phosphogluconate pathway
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24. 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

A. cellular bicarbonate
B. the fatty acids
C. the cytoplasmic membrane
D. nucleic acids

Correct Answer: A. cellular bicarbonate
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25. Standard free energy change (ΔG) can be expressed as

A. ΔG° = -RTlnkeq
B. ΔG° = RTlnkeq
C. ΔG° = R/Tlnkeq
D. ΔG° = -RT/lnkeq

Correct Answer: A. ΔG° = -RTlnkeq
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