Nitrogen Metabolism
The majority of prokaryotes are?
The majority of prokaryotes are blank.
This includes blank (decomposers) and blank (absorb nutrients from a host).
Nitrogen metabolism
Nitrogen is cycled through nitrogen blank by blank.
blank – converts NH4+ to NO2-.
blank – denitrify nitrite or nitrate and return nitrogen to atmosphere.
blank – some bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium.
They have three methods for transferring genes:
– takes up genes from surroundings.
– direct transfer of genes
– viral transfer of genes
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BACTERIA
Essential Amino Acid Metabolism Rap
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