lecture 19

Organisms that obtain energy fro the oxidation of inorganic compounds

Carbon can come from inorganic molecules ____ or from organic molecules ____

____ is the key to understanding chemolithotrophy (and life)

Most ____ strategies rely on oxidation-m reduction (redox) reactions

____ of ____ requires reducing power- ither from e- doner directly or can be dereived by running the e- transport chain in reverse (reverse e- flow) to produce NADH or reduce ferredoxin

REduction of CO2 into biomass is called ____ or ____

Calvin Cycle, rTCA, 3-hydroxypropionate, 4- hydroxylbutyrate, and acetyl Co-A

Hydrogen gas is derived from ____ or from geologic processes

Hydrogen oxidation Two redox states

Hydrogen oxidation Catalyzed by the enzyme

Many hydrogen chemolithotrophs have two or more hydrodgenase for either ____ or ____Hydrogenase splits h2 into

e- flow through quinone pool to ____ and to ____

____ iron is present in anaerobic water and acid water