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Methanogens are heterotrophs found in anaerobic enviroments nutrient rich in org

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Question

Methanogens are heterotrophs found in anaerobic enviroments nutrient rich in organic compounds. Although methanogens make up a very small fraction of the total microbial community in these enviroments, they create an enourmous amount of methane using CO2 from the enviroment in a process called methanogenesis.

A) based on the information, what form of tropism does methanogenesis represent

B) based on the informaiton, what is the metabolic purpose of methanogenesis

C) based on the information, what is the electron donor and the electron acceptor for respiration

Explanation / Answer

A) based on the information, what form of tropism does methanogenesis represent

Answer: Methanogens are microorganisms that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct in anoxic conditions. They uniquely belong to the domain of archaea. So they represent anaerobic i.e. negative Aerotropism

B) based on the informaiton, what is the metabolic purpose of methanogenesis

Answer: It’s metabolic purpose is to carry out respiration without presence of oxygen and generate energy required for different processes and metabolism.

C) based on the information, what is the electron donor and the electron acceptor for respiration

Answer: electron acceptor for respiration is not oxygen, but carbon is electron acceptor

and hydrogen (H2) as electron donor

Methanogenic archaea convert a few simple compounds such as H2 + CO2, formate, methanol, methylamines, and acetate to methane.