Microbiology, 5/e

Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University

Microbial Nutrition

Web Exercise

You have probably heard the saying "you are what you eat." Can you describe bacteria based upon what they eat? Use the information at Ken Todar's web site to identify bacterial chemical requirements (http://www.bact.wisc.edu/microtextbook/NutritionGrowth/Introduction.html)

Defend your response to the question above by describing the nutritional requirements of bacteria with respect to how they are categorized.

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