Describe the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) Pathway

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Essay

Describe the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway. What are the advantages to microorganisms that display the ED pathway?

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Definitions:

FIFO Costing

An inventory valuation method that assumes the first items purchased or produced are the first ones sold, affecting the cost of goods sold and ending inventory.

Opening WIP Inventory

The value of unfinished goods that a company has at the beginning of an accounting period.

FIFO Method

FIFO Method (First In, First Out) is an inventory valuation method where goods first acquired are the first to be sold or removed, affecting stock and cost of goods sold.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to apportion costs to partially completed goods, calculated by taking the number of completed units plus the equivalent units in the process.