EAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Cyanobacteria, Heterotroph, Carboxylic Acid
22 Mar 2020
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Set of chemical reactions used by organism to derive energy. Energy is used to maintain processes within the organism. Get their own energy and fix co2 to make organic carbon. Ex. bacteria do this with fission and budding. Sexual: sharing of genetic material from two individuals. Ordering and organizing of atoms and small molecules into larger chain or sheet-like molecules. Genetic makeup changes over time; new species arise. Living species are defined by their ability to breed and produce fertile offspring. They cannot metabolize or generate without a host. Hierarchy of life: basic building blocks biological molecules, basic building blocks cells, upscaling to the biosphere, classification of life. Long, chain-like polymers made up of amino acids. Organic molecules of c, h, n, o, etc. Amino acids are made up of carboxyl and amine group. Carries info from dna to sites of protein formation. Sequence of bases contains genetic plan of specific organism.
