Bacterial Metabolic Diversity
huge diversity, even within "species"
in addition to eukaryote processes:
aerobic respiration and O2 photosynthesis
and ethanol & lactate fermentation
(organoheterotrophy & photoautotrophy)
non-O2 photosynthesis - H2S, H2
lithoautotrophy - methanogenesis, N2-fixation
lithoheterotrophy - metal oxidizers
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