Microbiology · Module 4 · Microbial metabolism

Microbial Metabolism Walkthrough

How microbes pull energy out of food, how enzymes make it happen, and how the lab uses those reactions to name an unknown bacterium. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · Microbiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Metabolism Lab. Molecules, enzymes and cells are drawn as large cartoons, and reactions that take milliseconds or a full day of incubation are slowed down or sped up so you can watch them. ATP counts are the classic textbook maximums; real cells usually make somewhat less.