CAC Chapter 8 Microbial Metabolism

Learning Objectives:
Understand the process of catabolism and anabolism
Able to define and explain the mechanisms of enzymes
Understand the changes in free energy during a chemical reaction and the role of activation energy in chemical reactions.
Be able to explain the role of environmental conditions on enzymes, and how their enzymatic activity is affected
Describe the mechanism and role of enzymatic inhibitors in the cell
Be able to use metabolic classifications to describe an organism
Remember key components of metabolism, reaction coordinates, and metabolic classifications
Understand the role energy, ATP, and electron carriers play in metabolism
Apply these to carbohydrate metabolism: glycolysis, fermentation, cellular respiration
Analyze the flow of carbon, energy, and electrons in these processes
Evaluate fermentation tests and categorize microbes based on the results
Apply the knowledge of the cellular electron transport chain to the light dependent phase of photosynthesis