Question 1:
a) Describe the various methods bacterial growth measurements.
b) Describe the various modes of uptake of nutrients with appropriate examples.
Question 2:
a) Describe the light reactions in oxygenic phototrophs.
b) What is methylotrophy? Describe the metabolism of methylotrophs.
Question 3:
a) Describe the inter relationship of Krebs cycle and Glyoxylate cycle.
b) Distinguish anaerobic respiration and fermentation. Give an account of lactate fermentation.
Question 4:
a) Describe the various models of enzyme catalysis.
b) Explain the structure and functions of the nucleotides.
Question 5:
• Chemo autotrophs.
• Synchronous growth.
• Substrate level phosphorylation.
• Isoenzymes.
• Reverse electron flow.
• TRNA.
• Pasteur Effect.
• Carboxydo bacteria.