 |  Microbiology, 5/e Lansing M Prescott,
Augustana College
Donald A Klein,
Colorado State University
John P Harley,
Eastern Kentucky University
Metabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
Web Exercise
| Search for the answers to these and other chapter-related questions at the University
of Arizona Web site http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/metabolism/metabolism.html 1. Define catabolism. What is required by a bacterium for catabolism to generate
energy?
2. Why is glucose the preferred energy substrate of life on earth? How is glucose
broken down to generate ATP?
3. What other energy producing pathways are found in bacteria?
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