GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

16. UTILIZATION OF INORGANIC HYDROGEN DONORS: AEROBIC CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC BACTERIA

Review Questions for Chapter 16

1. What are chemolithotrophic Bacteria and why are they so called?

2. For what purpose and how does Reverse Electron Transport occur in chemolithoautotrophs?

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3. What is The Essence of the nitrification process? Which bacteria are involved in nitrification?

4. What is The Role of nitrification processes in nature?

5. Which bacteria are capable of oxidizing reduced sulfur compounds? What metabolic features are characteristic of them?

6. How does the Oxidation of ferrous iron proceed with the participation of microorganisms?

7. What is the role of Microorganisms in the leaching of metals from ores?

8. How is molecular hydrogen oxidized by bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions?

9. Name the representatives and metabolic features of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria.

10. Which bacteria are capable of oxidizing CO?

11. How does carbon dioxide fixation occur in the Calvin-Bassham cycle?

12. Name the pathways of carbon dioxide fixation in autotrophic bacteria.

13. Why is slow and meager growth characteristic of aerobic chemolithoautotrophs?



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