Metabolism is essential to life and is the process bywhich cells make energy to carry out all of the processes requiredfor them to survive. Metabolism requires that the organismtransport substances from the environment into the cell to utilizein their metabolic pathways. Bacteria have a diverse array ofpotential metabolic processes to make energy. Given the informationbelow (A. and B.), describe how the organisms would make ATP in theenvironment they are found. Make sure to discuss in detail each ofthe pathways, including the starting products, end products,components of the ETC (if applicable), how the cell makes ATPduring this process, where in the cell each of these pathways occurand the transport mechanism(s) utilized to move the startingproducts from the environment into the cell.
A. An anaerobic organism that is only able to fermentlactose.
B. A facultative aerobic organism that is in anenvironment that lacks oxygen but is rich in
nitrate which can serve as a terminal electronacceptor
