Researchers working with Rob Dunn set out to collect and identify microbes found in belly buttons. When the researchers began identifying these microbes, they found that the microbes represented a wide range of metabolic activities. For example, one microbe might be able to break down sugars found in the belly button for energy, but only in the absence of oxygen. What terms would you use to describe this microbe?

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Meredith Massey

Biology

10 December, 12:25

Researchers working with Rob Dunn set out to collect and identify microbes found in belly buttons. When the researchers began identifying these microbes, they found that the microbes represented a wide range of metabolic activities. For example, one microbe might be able to break down sugars found in the belly button for energy, but only in the absence of oxygen. What terms would you use to describe this microbe?

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Luka Baker · Answer 1

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The term I would use is that they are anaerobic microorganisms.

Explanation:

Since they have a metabolism that generates their energy from substances in the absence of oxygen. They practically do it through fermentation processes. This fermentation process of anaerobic microorganisms comprises a series of processes, which interact with each other, in a series of metabolic reactions in the absence of oxygen. These metabolic processes are divided into 3 groups: 1) hydrolysis and fermentation, 2) acetogenesis and 3) methanogenesis.