Which traits are shared among ammonia oxidizers and nitriteoxidizers?

Q: What is the principle behind boiled potato and hydrogen peroxide reaction?

A: The potato & hydrogen peroxide experiment is a pretty straightforward approach to study on the…

Q: Why is excreted organic matter important to many ironoxidizers?

A: Iron oxidizers are chemotrophic bacteria that derive their energy by oxidizing dissolved ferrous…

Q: Describe the relationship between ammonia oxidizers and nitrite oxidizers.

A: The nitrification process takes place in plants where ammonia is oxidized to nitrite with the help…

Q: Which phosphorylation method is/are used by chemoheterotrophs?

A: Organisms that synthesize their own food are referred to as autotrophs and organisms that do not…

Q: What are the application of solid state fermentation?

A: On the basis of the type of substrate, fermentations are of two types. These are solid state…

Q: What is faculative anaerobe and aerotolerant anaerobe?

A: Prokaryotic organisms require different environmental conditions for their survival. Some…

Q: What is the turgid in the water?

A: Osmosis is the process by which the solute molecules are transported from higher concentration to…

Q: How is chyme produced?

A: Biochemistry is a branch of science that deals with the study of chemical processes related to the…

Q: You have discovered a new microorganism that oxidizes ammonia. How will you determine if this…

A: Thaumarchaeote is a prokaryote which belongs to Archaebacteria. The archaebacteria and bacteria…

Q: What role does iron play in the redox metabolism of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans?

A: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a type of gram-negative, autotrophic, and rod-shaped bacteria. It…

Q: How is vinegar produced from fermentation?

A: Fermentation is the anaerobic process that is associated with the metabolism of organic molecules…

Q: What is the purpose of the mashing step in beer-making?

A: Beer is an alcoholic beverage. The production of beer involves the following steps : malting,…

Q: How do cyanobacteria survive freezing and desiccation?

A: Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae are gram-positive, photosynthetic prokaryotes. They are one of the…

Q: What are some ecological strategies that aerobicsulfide-oxidizers use to compete with the…

A: Aerobic sulfide oxidizing bacteria are the group of organisms that rely on the oxidation of sulfide…

Q: How are the lipids and ribosomes of hyperthermophilesprotected from heat denaturation?

A: Hyperthermophiles are organisms which grow at extremely hot temperature conditions often having…

Q: What is Substrate Concentration?

A: Enzyme kinetics is the investigation of the synthetic reactions that are catalyzed by enzymes. In…

Q: How does an aerotolerant anaerobe differ from a microaerophile?

A: Microorganisms are classified into different types based on the requirement of oxygen and are…

Q: Why does the nitrate reduction tube turn red after the addition of zinc?

A: Nitrate reduction test is used to find the bacteria who have the ability to reduce the nitrate.

Q: Which bacterial species produced amylase?

A: Microorganisms or microbes are microscopic organisms that exist as unicellular, multicellular, or…

Q: How do facultative anaerobes differ from obligate anaerobes? How do they differ from aerobes?

A: Anaerobes and aerobes are the different types of organisms present in the environment. They can be…

Q: What are the possible types of respiration that oxidase-positive samples might be capable of?…

A: A bacterium is a microscopic, unicellular organism that is capable of living in a variety of…

Q: Where is the dissimilative nitrate reductase found in the cell?What unusual metal does it contain?

A: In anaerobic respiration, an inorganic nitrogen compounds are some of the most common electron…

Q: Why would sulfur-oxidizing bacteria store sulfur? +

A: BASIC INFORMATION BACTERIA  It is one of the type of biological cell. They belong to prokaryotic…

Q: What happens during the malting process in beer?

A: Malting involves the controlled germination of grains to mobilize the enzymes like amylases and…

Q: What is obligate aerobe and obligate anaerobe?

A: Microorganisms are divided into two categories anaerobes and aerobes. These categories are based on…

Q: Are there any types of Bacteria or Archaea that areable to oxidize ammonia to nitrate?

A: Archaea and bacteria are referred to as prokaryotic unicellular organisms. Initially, archaea were…

Q: How is insulin produced in the Stirred tank bioreactor?

A: Insulin enzyme is produced by the pancreas and it help us in maintaining blood glucose level.insulin…

Q: What is the formula for alcoholic fermentation?

A: Fermentation is an anaerobic process, in which energy can be released from glucose even when the…

Q: What properties make O2 superior to sulfur, sulfate, and nitrate as a metabolic waste product?

A: Anaerobic respiration is the process of formation of ATP without oxygen. In anaerobic respiration,…

Q: What Is the Metabolic Fate of Ammonium?

A: Ammonia is a toxic product that is synthesized in the body through various pathways. Ammonia is also…

Q: Classify the electron holders used by microorganisms according to the rate of biodegradation. What…

A: Biodegradation refers to the disintegration of organic matter using microorganisms like fungi and…

Q: Which of the following statements is true of chemoautotrophs?

A: Chemoautotrophs are able to synthesize their own organic molecules from the fixation of carbon…

Q: What made the pepper on water move upon the addition of the dishwashing liquid?

A: Water molecules are composed of two hydrogen molecules covalently bonded to one oxygen molecule.…

Q: Why are most iron-oxidizing chemolithotrophsobligate aerobes, and why are the better-studied…

A: An obligate aerobe is an organism that requires the presence of oxygen for their growth.  During…

Q: What are the physiological traits that can differentiatesulfur-reducing bacteria from…

A: The physiological traits are those characteristics of the bacterial species that are attributed to…

Q: Why do most iron-oxidizing bacteria grow at anacidic pH?

A: Iron-oxidizing bacteria are those chemotropic bacteria that obtain the energy for their living and…

Q: What is the difference between ammonia oxidation and nitriteoxidation and in what types of organisms…

A: Micro-organism are tiny organisms that cannot be seen by the naked eye, but are visible under…

Q: Trace the fate of the N atom during dissimilatory nitrate reduction, nitrification, denitrification,…

A: Nitrogen fixation is a process occurring in soil by which the molecular nitrogen is converted into…

Q: How is lactic acid produced using organisms in a bioreactor?

A: A process by which carbohydrates are converted in the absence of oxygen into lactic acid or alcohol…

Q: How would you isolate thermophilic chemolithotroph that uses sulfur compounds as a source of energy…

A: A chemoautotrophic bacteria is able to manufacture food by using inorganic raw materials with the…

Q: What is a secondary metabolite?

A: A metabolite is an intermediate or end product of metabolism. The term metabolite is usually used…

Q: What are the social and economic implications of the statement "Secondary metabolites are not…

A: There are two types of metabolites produced by an organism- Primary metabolites and Secondary…