Energetics: Lecture Summary

What will be an ideal response?


Microbes can break the basic rules of thermodynamics using syntrophy
Energy sources (e- donors) and sinks (e- acceptors) for microbes can be organic or inorganic compounds
Microbes store energy in membrane potentials and high-energy bonds (NADH, ATP)

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If a baby squirrel is adopted by a mother cat and begins to copy the behaviors of the cat, it is an example of

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