Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. In the death phase of a closed pure batch system a small number of the cells survive by adapting to the new waste-filled environment and by feeding off dead cells.

2. Many microbes have evolved ways to detoxify reactive oxygen species so that they can safely use oxygen in their metabolism.

3. Chemoautotrophs use an inorganic carbon source.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE

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