Microbial Metabolism: Chapter 5
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Metabolism is a collection of controlled biochemical reactions that take place within a ______

microbe

The ultimate function of metabolism is to reproduce the ______

organism

Every cell acquires ______

nutrients

Metabolism requires energy from light or ______ of nutrients

<p>catabolism</p> Signup and view all the answers

Energy is stored in adenosine triphosphate (______)

<p>ATP</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cells catabolize nutrients to form precursor ______

<p>metabolites</p> Signup and view all the answers

Enzymes plus ATP form ______

<p>macromolecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cells grow by assembling ______

<p>macromolecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cells reproduce once they have doubled in ______

<p>size</p> Signup and view all the answers

Catabolic pathways break larger molecules into smaller ______

<p>products</p> Signup and view all the answers

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