Microbial Metabolism

(Pre-requisites: MCB 102 & either MCB 201 or MCB202)

Catabolism: The Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway; the pentose pathway (PP) or hexose monophosphate pathway; the Entner-Duodoroff (ED) pathway; the phosphoketolase (PK) pathway or Warburg Dickens pathway; the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Energy production: substrate-level phosphorylation; oxidative phosphorylation. Respiration: aerobic; nitrate; sulfate and carbonate. Fermentation balances: alcoholic; lactic; mixed acid; butanediol and butyric. Lipid metabolism. Anabolism: glyoxylate cycle and glucogenesis; photosynthesis.