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Microbial Growth & Metabolism
Figure 9.CO: A simplified food chain
Courtesy of the Soil Biology Primer/USDA
Figure 9.1a: Potential meteorite microorganism
Courtesy of David McKay/NASA
Figure 9.1b: Meteorite mineral ledges
Courtesy of Dr. John Bradley, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Livermore, CA
Figure 9.2: The growth curve for a bacterial population
Figure 9.3a: Moldy bread
© Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Photographed by Kimberly Potvin
Figure 9.3b: Human large intestines harbor E. coli
© Photodisc
Figure 9.3c: Thermophilic algae
Courtesy of J Schmidt/Yellowstone National Park/NPS
Figure 9.4: A species of Acid-loving Streptococcus
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Microbiology (Tao, L., Tanzer, J.M and MacAlister, T.J.; J. Bacteroil, 1987 June; 169(6): 2543-2547.)
Figure 9.5: The Great Salt Lake in Utah provides the high-salt environment favored by halophilic bacteria.
© Brian Chase/ShutterStock, Inc.
Figure 9.6: The mechanism of enzyme action
Figure 9.7a,b: Adenosine Triphosphate
Figure 9.8 1-4: Glycolysis: Steps 1-4
Figure 9.8 5-9: Glycolysis: Steps 5-9
Figure 9.9: The relationship of fermentation to glycolysis
Figure 9.10: The Krebs Cycle
Figure 9.11: Electron transport and chemiosmosis in bacteria
Figure 9.12a,b: Photosynthesis in microbes