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Bacterial Metabolism
Bacterial Metabolism
METABOLISM
METABOLISM
A.Substrate-level phosphorylation
1. Glycolysis
Glycolysis is a metabolic
pathway found universally in
biological systems. It is the
metabolic pathway which
converts glucose via a series
of reactions to 2 molecules of
pyruvate. As a result of these
reactions, a small amount of
ATP and NADH are produced.
2. The Entner-Doudoroff Pathway
a.Homolactic
end product is lactic
acid.Pyruvate is reduced
to lactate or lactic acid
by the enzyme lactate
dehydrogenase
(Pyruvate reductase).
b. Heterolactid
end product is ethanol and CO2 in addition to lactic acid.
In this reaction glucose is first metabolized to pyruvate,
acetic acid and CO2 by Pentose phosphate pathway.
B. Respiration
C. Photosynthesis