Question

List the correct order for the metabolic pathways involved for the following 2 scenarios:

1) A microbe that is not limited by oxygen nor sugars for its metabolism, it does require to maximize its growth specially because sugar availability comes as pulses along the day. This microbe really seeks O2 in soils surface, and when things get tough can switch its metabolism to form spores.

2) A microbe to take to the shallow lakes of Enceladus, where some lights penetrates but there is no oxygen. The light is not too strong for overexcitation but there is plenty of rotten egg smells coming from different forms of sulfur

Answer 1

The correct order pathways are 1 and then 2

1st is the krebs cycle ,that is not limited by oxygen nor sugars for its metabolism, it does require to maximize its growth specially because sugar availability comes as pulses along the day. This microbe really seeks O2 in soils surface, and when things get tough can switch its metabolism to form spores.A microbe to take to the shallow lakes of Enceladus, where some lights penetrates but there is no oxygen. The light is not too strong for overexcitation but there is plenty of rotten egg smells coming from different forms of sulfur .