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- Microbial_metabolism abstract "Microbial metabolism is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different types of metabolic strategies and species can often be differentiated from each other based on metabolic characteristics. The specific metabolic properties of a microbe are the major factors in determining that microbe’s ecological niche, and often allow for that microbe to be useful in industrial processes or responsible for biogeochemical cycles.== Types of microbial metabolism ==All microbial metabolisms can be arranged according to three principles:1. How the organism obtains carbon for synthesising cell mass: autotrophic – carbon is obtained from carbon dioxide (CO2) heterotrophic – carbon is obtained from organic compounds mixotrophic – carbon is obtained from both organic compounds and by fixing carbon dioxide2. How the organism obtains reducing equivalents used either in energy conservation or in biosynthetic reactions: lithotrophic – reducing equivalents are obtained from inorganic compounds organotrophic – reducing equivalents are obtained from organic compounds3. How the organism obtains energy for living and growing: chemotrophic – energy is obtained from external chemical compounds phototrophic – energy is obtained from lightIn practice, these terms are almost freely combined. Typical examples are as follows: chemolithoautotrophs obtain energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds and carbon from the fixation of carbon dioxide. Examples: Nitrifying bacteria, Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Iron-oxidizing bacteria, Knallgas-bacteria photolithoautotrophs obtain energy from light and carbon from the fixation of carbon dioxide, using reducing equivalents from inorganic compounds. Examples: Cyanobacteria (water (H2O) as reducing equivalent donor), Chlorobiaceae, Chromatiaceae (hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as reducing equivalent donor), Chloroflexus (hydrogen (H2) as reducing equivalent donor) chemolithoheterotrophs obtain energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds, but cannot fix carbon dioxide (CO2). Examples: some Thiobacilus, some Beggiatoa, some Nitrobacter spp., Wolinella (with H2 as reducing equivalent donor), some Knallgas-bacteria, some sulfate-reducing bacteria chemoorganoheterotrophs obtain energy, carbon, and reducing equivalents for biosynthetic reactions from organic compounds. Examples: most bacteria, e. g. Escherichia coli, Bacillus spp., Actinobacteria photoorganoheterotrophs obtain energy from light, carbon and reducing equivalents for biosynthetic reactions from organic compounds. Some species are strictly heterotrophic, many others can also fix carbon dioxide and are mixotrophic. Examples: Rhodobacter, Rhodopseudomonas, Rhodospirillum, Rhodomicrobium, Rhodocyclus, Heliobacterium, Chloroflexus (alternatively to photolithoautotrophy with hydrogen)".
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- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink ATP_synthase.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink ATP_synthesis.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acetate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acetic_acid.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acid_mine_drainage.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acid_rain.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acidithiobacillus.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acidithiobacillus_ferrooxidans.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acidophile.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acidophile_(organisms).
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Acidophiles_in_acid_mine_drainage.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Actinobacteria.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Activation_energy.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Adenosine_diphosphate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Adenosine_monophosphate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Adenosine_triphosphate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Aerobic_organism.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Aerobic_respiration.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Agrobacterium.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Alcohol.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Algae.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Ammonia.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Anabaena.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Anaerobic_organism.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Anaerobic_respiration.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Aquifer.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Archaea.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Archaeoglobus.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Archaeon.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Arsenic.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Atmosphere.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Autotroph.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Azotobacter_vinelandii.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bacillus.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bacteria.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bacteriorhodopsin.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bacterium.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bdellovibrio.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Beggiatoa.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Biogeochemistry.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Bioremediation.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Biotechnology.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Brocadia_anammoxidans.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Butyrate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Butyric_acid.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink C1-compounds.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Calvin_cycle.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Carbohydrate.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Carbon.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Carbon_dioxide.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Carotenoid.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Carotenoids.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Category:Metabolism.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trophic_ecology.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cell_membrane.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cellular_respiration.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cellulose.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_compound.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_equilibrium.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_reaction.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemiosmosis.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemolithotrophy.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chemotroph.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chlorobi.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chlorobiaceae.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chlorobium.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chloroflexi_(class).
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chloroflexi_(phylum).
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chloroflexus.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chloroflexus_aurantiacus.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chlorophyll.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chloroplast.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chlorosome.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Chromatiaceae.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Citric_acid_cycle.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Clostridium_pasteurianum.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Coenzyme_A.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Coenzyme_M.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cofactor_(biochemistry).
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Commensalism.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Commensals.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cupriavidus_necator.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cyanobacteria.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cytochrome.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cytoplasm.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Cytoplasmic_membrane.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Desulfobacteraceae.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Desulfobulbaceae.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Desulfotomaculum.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Desulfovibrio.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Dimethyl_sulfide.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Dimethyl_sulfoxide.
- Microbial_metabolism wikiPageWikiLink Dissimilatory_sulfate_reduction.