Tuberculosis is caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tubercu…
Tuberculosis is caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which currently latently infects nearly a third of the world’s population. It is thought that host fatty acids can serve as a sole carbon source during infection. How does M. tuberculosis most likely metabolize fatty acids as an energy source?
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Thiomicrospira denitrificans grows by gaining energy from the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), thiosulfate ((S2O3)2-), or elemental sulfur (S), using oxygen or nitrate (NO3-) as electron acceptors. It uses CO2 as its carbon source. This organism would be classified as ______.
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