MC Flashcards
The final electron acceptor of the ETC that functions in oxidative phosphorylation is?
Oxygen
Most of the ATP made during aerobic respiration is generated by?
Oxidative phosphorylation
The direct energy source that drives ATP synthesis during oxidative phosphorylation is?
The difference in H+ concentration on opposite sides of the cytoplasmic membrane
Which metabolic pathway is common to both fermentation and aerobic respiration
Glycolysis
Which is not a common product of glycolysis, PPP, and Entner-Doudoroff pathway?
a. ATP
b. NADPH
c. pyruvate
d. G-3-P
b. NADPH
The TCA cycle is important to bacteria because it can produce up to ___ ATP?
36
For bacteria growing on acetate, which key pathway must they have in order to improve growth efficiency
Glyoxylate bypass
The reason for cyanobacteria like anabaena to carry out nitrogen fixation in heterocysts is because it?
Protects nitrogenase from oxygen
If ammonium sulphate was not provided in the growth medium, bacteria like E. coli would be most impeded in making which metabolite?
Amino acids
in PEP + NAD+ –> pyruvate + NADH, which is the oxidizing agent?
NAD+
Nitrogen fixation involves forming __ from ___
Formation of NH3 from N2
When electrons flow along the electron transport chain in E. coli, which of the following changes occurs?
A PMF is generated
Which of the following is a true distinction between respiration and fermentation with respect to NADH?
NADH is only oxidized by the ETC in respiration
The process of CO2 fixation requires which compound(s)
ATP (9) and NADPH (6)
In citrate fermentation, what is generated? By what mechanism?
NADH is generated by reverse electron flow
True or false, the ATP from fermentation is derived from both substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation?
False
What bacteria are most likely to have pyruvate ferredoxin oxireductase and not pyruvate dehydrogenase?
Anaerobic bacteria
Which of the following is true about nitrification
a. nitrate is the terminal electron acceptor
b. ammonia is converted to nitrate in a 2 step process by 2 groups of bacteria
c. nitrite is produced as the final product
d. N2 is converted to NH3 by nitrogenase
b. ammonia is converted to nitrate in a 2 step process by 2 groups of bacteria
What are the 3 forms of chemical energy
ATP, acetyl-CoA, acyl phosphates
What is the structure of T3SS?
needle like structure that can cross 3 biological membranes
-injects effectors into host cells
If glutamine synthase and glutamate dehydrogenase are inactive, what compound(s) can bacteria not make?
NH3 and NO3-
P-type ATPases have the following characteristics except:
a. Ion uptake
b. heavy metal ion efflux
c. ATP hydrolysis
d. found only in gram-positive bacteria
e. integral membrane proteins
d. found only in gram-positive bacteria
T/F ATP is generated by substrate level phosphorylation in photosynthesis?
False
T/F ATP and NADPH can be generated by cyclic phosphorylation in photosynthesis?
False