Microbiology Minilecture 4 – Spring 2019An Introduction to Microbial Nutrition

I. Building Biomass – Carbon Sources

II. Building Biomass - Generating Energy

a. Phototrophy

b. Chemotrophy

III. Storing Energy

IV. Nutrient Uptakea. Facilitated Diffusion

b. Active Transport

c. ABC Transporters

d. Siderophores

e. Group Translocation

V. Culturing Bacteriaa. Complex vs. Synthetic Media

b. Selective and Differential Media

c. Growth Factors, Unculturable Microbes and Obligate Intracellular Bacteria