 | Chapter Objectives
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After reading this
chapter you should be able to: - discuss the difference between catabolism and anabolism
- describe the various pathways for the catabolism of glucose to pyruvate
- list the various types of fermentations and give examples of their practical
importance
- discuss the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and its central role in aerobic
metabolism
- describe the electron transport process, and compare and contrast the electron
transport systems of eucaryotes with those of procaryotes
- describe oxidative phosphorylation and the chemiosmotic hypothesis
- compare and contrast aerobic respiration, fermentation, and anaerobic respiration
of organic molecules
- describe in general terms the catabolism of molecules other than carbohydrates
- discuss the photosynthetic light reactions
- compare and contrast the light reactions of eucaryotes (and cyanobacteria)
with those of green (or purple) photosynthetic bacteria
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