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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Given that Haemophilus ducreyi is a chemoheterotrophic pathogen that requires heme as a growth factor, deduce how this bacterium phosphorylates most of its ADP to form ATP. Defend your answer.
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