ENH 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli, Mount Vesuvius, Salmonellosis

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Millions fo bacteria per gram of soil. Largest pop"n in the top few cm. Elements are oxidized and reduced by microorganisms to meet their metabolic needs. Photoautotrophs x co2 into organic matter using energy from sunlight. Decomposers oxidize organic compounds from dead plants and animals. Global climate change release co2 into atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. N req"d to make proteins and nucleic acids. Must be xed into organic compounds by microorganisms. Microbial decomposition breaks protein down into amino acids. Deamination amino groups removed and converted into ammonia (nh3) Ammoni cation release of ammonia by fungi and bacteria. Ammonia (nh3) becomes ammonium (nh4) in water. Nitri cation oxidation of ammonium ions to produce nitrate. Nitrate used by plants for protein synthesis. No2- (nitrite) > no3- (nitrate) via nitrobacter. Denitri cation nitrate used as electron acceptor by microbes in the absence to o2. Prod nitrogen gas (lost tot he atmosphere) No3 > no2 > n2o > n2.

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