A Bacterium with Which Metabolism Is MOST Likely to Form

question 6

Multiple Choice

A bacterium with which metabolism is MOST likely to form a relationship with Syntrophobacter wolinii?

• A) acetate oxidation
• B) ammonia oxidation
• C) molecular hydrogen oxidation
• D) propionate catabolism

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