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The document provides an overview of the topics covered in the Microbial Physiology module, including the nutritional requirements and energy sources of microorganisms. It establishes the importance of understanding how microbial cell structures and metabolism allow microbes to function, and frames microbial interactions within ecosystems. The objectives are to describe microbial physiology and nutrition, categorize microbes by energy and carbon sources, and understand the significance of studying microbial physiology.

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Microbial Physiology

The document provides an overview of the topics covered in the Microbial Physiology module, including the nutritional requirements and energy sources of microorganisms. It establishes the importance of understanding how microbial cell structures and metabolism allow microbes to function, and frames microbial interactions within ecosystems. The objectives are to describe microbial physiology and nutrition, categorize microbes by energy and carbon sources, and understand the significance of studying microbial physiology.

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Module 2 :

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY

Lesson 1
RECAP
01
What are macromolecules?
02

What are carbohydrates?


03

What are proteins?


04

What are lipids?


02

What are nucleic acids?


OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY

01

Describe the physiology and the nutritional


requirements of microorganisms.
02
Categorize microorganisms according to
their energy and carbon sources.
03
Establish an understanding of the importance
of studying microbial physiology.
UNLOCKING OF NEW CONCEPTS
A. Nutrients
Various chemical
compounds that
B. Phototroph
organisms— C. Chemotroph
including D. Microbial
microorganisms— physiology
use to sustain life. E. Bacteria
UNLOCKING OF NEW CONCEPTS
A. Nutrients
These are naturally
occurring chemical B. Phototroph
compounds that C. Chemotroph
serve as the primary D. Microbial
information-carrying physiology
molecules in cells E. Bacteria
and make up the
genetic material.
UNLOCKING OF NEW CONCEPTS
A. Nutrients
An organism that can B. Phototroph
use visible light as a C. Chemotroph
primary energy D. Microbial
source for
physiology
metabolism, a
process known as E. Bacteria
photosynthesis.
UNLOCKING OF NEW CONCEPTS
A. Nutrients
An organism that B. Phototroph
obtain energy C. Chemotroph
through chemical D. Microbial
process called physiology
chemosynthesis E. Bacteria
rather than by
photosynthesis.
UNLOCKING OF NEW CONCEPTS
A. Nutrients
The study of how B. Phototroph
microbial cell C. Chemotroph
structures, growth D. Microbial
and metabolism physiology
function in living E. Bacteria
organisms.
Group Activity (10 mins)
Using a study aid, make a
graphic organizer that
would explain the topics
given to you.
The study of the
interactions
Ecology between organisms
and the world
around them.
This refers to the interactions
between living organisms
and their nonliving
environment.
Ecosystem Interrelationships among the
different nutritional types are
of prime importance in the
functioning of the ecosystem.
GUIDE QUESTIONS

01
What is Microbial Physiology?
02
What are the different types of sources of nutritional
requirements needed by microorganisms?
03
How are phototrophs and chemotrophs different
from each other?
04
How are autotrophs and heterotrophs different from
each other?
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

Why are interrelationships among the


different nutritional types are of prime
importance in the functioning of the
ecosystem? Use the new vocabulary
(autotrophs, chemotrophs,
chemoautotrophs, etc. ) that you have
learned today in explaining your answer.
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

Carnivores, such as lions, are dependent


on photosynthesis to survive.
Considering the organisms and
processes involved in carrying out
photosynthesis, provide the reasoning to
explain why this is the case.
Get 1/2 sheet of
paper.
1.Heterotrophs are called consumers
because they
A. consume oxygen produced from
photosynthesis
B. consume other biological organisms
C. consume sunlight for chemical
energy
D. consume carbon dioxide for
chemical energy
2. Bacteria are
A. only photoautotrophs
B. only chemoautotrophs
C. heterotrophs
D. both photo- and
chemoautotrophs
3. Why are chemoautotrophs not considered the same
as photoautotrophs if they both extract energy and
make sugars?
A. Chemoautotrophs use wavelengths of light not
available to photoautotrophs.
B. Chemoautotrophs extract energy from inorganic
chemical compounds.
C. Photoautotrophs prefer the blue side of the visible
light spectrum.
D. Photoautotrophs make glucose, while
chemoautotrophs make galactose.
4. Which of the following makes their
own nutrients from the sun’s energy
and inorganic matter from the
environment?
A. Photoautotrophs
B. Autotrophs
C. Heterotrophs
D. Chemoautotrophs
5. Which of the following is a process
used by some autotrophs to
synthesize their own food using light
energy?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Chemosynthesis
C. Biosynthesis
D. Polymerization
PART II:
Directions: Write TRUE if the
statement is correct and write
FALSE if it is wrong.
1. Heterotrophs are
able to synthesize
their own food.
2. Chemoheterotrophs can
use inorganic sources of
energy such as essential
sulfur, molecular hydrogen,
ferrous iron, hydrogen
sulfide, and ammonia.
3. Chemoautotrophs fix
carbon dioxide to
synthesize their own food or
organic molecules.
4. Autotrophs obtain
food from feeding on
other organisms.
5. Chemoautotrophs gain
energy by chemical
reactions to synthesize all
the organic compound
commencing carbon
dioxide.
PART III: Short Essay. Answer in
at least 3-4 sentences.
Why is studying Microbial
Physiology relevant to you
as a student?
Assignment: Write this on your
notebook.
1. What is Metabolism?
2. What are Metabolic
Reactions?
3. What are Metabolic
Enzymes? Give examples

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