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Search for the answers to these and other chapter-related questions at the University of Arizona Web site http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/metabolism/metabolism.html.

Define catabolism. What is required by a bacterium for catabolism to generate energy?
Why is glucose the preferred energy substrate of life on earth? How is glucose broken down to generate ATP?
What other energy producing pathways are found in bacteria?

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