Which of the following involves metabolic cooperation among prokaryotic cells? a. binary fission b. endospore formation c. biofilms d. photoautotrophy

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Hello everyone. And into this video we are asked all of the following involved metabolic functions among precarious except so it is an exception questions. We're looking for the false statement among your answer choices. So let's quickly be reminded of the metabolic functions of certain precarious so that we can use it to solve this problem. As we can see we have quite a few. The first one is photosynthesis and it's probably the most popular one. So photosynthesis is the process of taking a carbon source such as carbon dioxide and a proton donor which in this case is water. And this is combined with sunlight to produce glucose or any form of energy releasing oxygen as a byproduct. And this is what plants do in order to produce their own energy. This is how we receive oxygen from them. So looking at our answer choices, photosynthesis is a part of them. So we can eliminate it. We know we have chemo synthesis. This is less known. This is the process of getting energy instead of from sunlight. We get it from the oxidation of an inorganic source which in this case is going to be hydrogen sulfide. There's a process that is very similar to photosynthesis where carbon dioxide and oxygen are taken to create some form of sugar which in this case is C. H two oxygen. And so this is also chemo synthesis is also a type of metabolic function and we can also cancel it out. As we can see these metabolic functions are basically functions that allow certain bacteria to either produce or use up energy. And so this is what we're looking for in our answer choices. So let's move on. Finally we have aerobic respiration as a part of a metabolic function that certain bacteria produced. This is actually also a type of respiration that we are able to perform. This is also what humans do. And this is the use of glucose for example and oxygen to produce A. T. P. So this is the most important product of aerobic respiration. This is also how we get A. T. P. So it is also as we can see a metabolic function that pro created to produce these these three functions are listed in the answer choices and we can cancel it. And this all leaves us with endospore formation as our final answer. And the reason for this is that an end of sport is a dormant seed that is producing certain bacteria. That allows endospore to avoid certain dangerous conditions such as drugs or lack of nutrients. So they go into this dormant stage in order to pass that out. And so that's what an end of sport is. And that's why option C. And those per formation is our final answer. So thank you very much for sticking around until the end of this video. And I really hope it helped you

Which of the following involves metabolic cooperation among prokaryotic cells? a. binary fission b. endospore formation c. biofilms d. photoautotrophy

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Metabolic Cooperation

Biofilms

Prokaryotic Cells