Ammonium nitrate () is common nitrogen fertilizer and might be used in landscaping around the pond. You add this to the sample and observe that acetic acid, ethanol, and lactic acid are rapidly consumed, and and are produced. Based on these data, which of the following statements are true? (more than one could be correct)
a. Some organisms are capable of respiration.
b. The produced is likely a byproduct of organisms using the citric acid cycle
c. Some of the prokaryotes that can use ammonia () are terminal electron acceptors.
d. Some prokaryotes can use nitrate () as a terminal electron acceptor.
e. Some of the prokaryotes can convert nitrate () to and , and are using as their terminal electron acceptor.
