Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The fate of electrons transferred from catabolic substrates in a situation where oxygen and other electron acceptors are absent.

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Glucose is the main molecule that serves as food for cells but is too dynamic to be used directly in most chemical reactions. It is broken down into an energy storage molecule (adenosine triphosphate) ATP. The sequence of chemical reactions that are used by aerobic organisms to release housed energy via oxidation of acetyl-CoA (Coenzyme A) is referred to as TCA (the citric acid) cycle or the Krebs cycle.

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