Microbial Metabolism (Microbiology)

Recall cards on microbial metabolism. Energy, matter, and enzymes: anabolism and catabolism, autotrophs and heterotrophs, photo-, chemo-, organo-, and lithotrophs, redox reactions and the carriers NAD+, NADP+, and FAD, ATP structure and phosphorylation, and enzymes, activation energy, active sites, induced fit, cofactors and coenzymes, denaturation, and competitive, noncompetitive, and feedback inhibition. Catabolism of carbohydrates: glycolysis and its investment and payoff phases, substrate-level phosphorylation, the ED and pentose phosphate pathways, the transition reaction, and the Krebs cycle. Cellular respiration: the electron transport system, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, chemiosmosis and the proton motive force, ATP synthase, oxidative phosphorylation, and ATP yields. Fermentation: lactic acid, alcohol, and the industrial fermentations, plus identification tests. Catabolism of lipids and proteins: lipases, beta-oxidation, proteases, and deamination. Photosynthesis: light-dependent and light-independent reactions, thylakoids, photosystems and pigments, oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis, the Z-scheme, and the Calvin cycle with RuBisCO. And the biogeochemical carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycles, plus bioremediation.