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What evidence in nature explains why central metabolic pathways are designed to use glucose and its derivatives as a substrate in microbial catabolism?**

The following question refers to the figure below: The bacterial pathogen S. enterica grows in the gut on gluconate exponentially. Identify on the slope of this graph the point that best represents the relationship between g and k during exponential growth.***

To survive in tubercles of the lung, M. tuberculosis metabolizes host _______________ producing glycerol and acetyl-CoA as substrates for central metabolism.*

Cellulose from agricultural wastes is converted to biofuel in industrial digestors on some farms in the Midwest. Answer the following regarding this process:   Complete the process of cellulose conversion to ethanol by C. thermocellulum.***

Microbes are unmatched in their ability to replicate themselves quickly. This observation is best exemplified by the halophile, V. natriegens. What is a halophile, and what is the generation time of V. natriegens?**

DOSAGE/ADMIN ROUTE Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

INDICATIONS Milrinone (Primacor)

CONTRAINDICATIONS Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

DOSAGE/ADMIN ROUTE Milrinone (Primacor)

CLASS Nitroprusside (Nitropress)