MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER 8.
FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY
TALARO, 9E QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
______is all chemical and physical workings of a cell - Correct Answer ✔✔ Metabolism
________breaks the bonds of larger molecules forming smaller molecules; releases
energy - Correct Answer ✔✔ Catabolism
A process that forms larger macromolecules from smaller molecules; requires energy
input is known as what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Anabolism
Enzymes that are biological catalysts increase the rate of
chemical reactions by lowering_____ - Correct Answer ✔✔ Energy of activation
Enzymes promote a reaction by serving as a physical site for specific______molecles to
position - Correct Answer ✔✔ Substrate
Simple enzymes consist of:
a.protein alone
b.amino acids alone - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
Apoenzymes are the___portion of an enzyme - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protein
Cofactors are the___portion of an enzyme - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
What enzyme is transported extracellularly, where they break down large food
molecules or harmful chemicals? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Exoenzymes
What breaks down hydrogen peroxide? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Catalase
What Adds electrons to oxygen? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oxidase
What transfers phosphate to glucose? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hexokinase
What splits urea into an ammonium ion? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urease
What reduces nitrate to nitrite? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nitrate reductase
What's the synthesis of DNA? - Correct Answer ✔✔ DNA polymerase
FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY
TALARO, 9E QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS
______is all chemical and physical workings of a cell - Correct Answer ✔✔ Metabolism
________breaks the bonds of larger molecules forming smaller molecules; releases
energy - Correct Answer ✔✔ Catabolism
A process that forms larger macromolecules from smaller molecules; requires energy
input is known as what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Anabolism
Enzymes that are biological catalysts increase the rate of
chemical reactions by lowering_____ - Correct Answer ✔✔ Energy of activation
Enzymes promote a reaction by serving as a physical site for specific______molecles to
position - Correct Answer ✔✔ Substrate
Simple enzymes consist of:
a.protein alone
b.amino acids alone - Correct Answer ✔✔ a
Apoenzymes are the___portion of an enzyme - Correct Answer ✔✔ Protein
Cofactors are the___portion of an enzyme - Correct Answer ✔✔ b
What enzyme is transported extracellularly, where they break down large food
molecules or harmful chemicals? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Exoenzymes
What breaks down hydrogen peroxide? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Catalase
What Adds electrons to oxygen? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oxidase
What transfers phosphate to glucose? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hexokinase
What splits urea into an ammonium ion? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Urease
What reduces nitrate to nitrite? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nitrate reductase
What's the synthesis of DNA? - Correct Answer ✔✔ DNA polymerase
