Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 4, Problem 2RQ
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The differences between phototrophy, chemotrophy, heterotrophy, and autotrophy.
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The living organisms are capable of carrying out
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Explain the similarities and differences between phototrophy and chemotrophy.
Heterotophs...
a) do not require a carbon source.
b) use organic compounds, like starch, as a carbon source.
c) use carbon dioxide as their carbon source.
d) require light for metabolic reactions.
A cell that utilizes light to obtain energy from organic carbon sources such as glucose
would be called a
O 1) lithoautotroph.
O 2) chemoautotroph.
O 3) photoautotroph.
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O 4) photoheterotroph.
O 5) chemoheterotroph.
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Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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