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Describe the Entner-Doudoroff (ED) Pathway

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


Definitions:

Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model the time between events in a Poisson process, characterized by its constant rate.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic of a population, such as its mean or standard deviation, that is usually unknown and estimated from sample data.

Exponential Density Function

A probability density function used to model the time between events in a process where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Density Function

A mathematical function that describes the probability distribution of a continuous random variable, indicating the likelihood of a variable taking on a particular value.

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