Question 106

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
You have collected samples from mud at the bottom of a nearby pond and have isolated different bacteria and protists from that community.You put the cultures in appropriate media in test tubes with loose-fitting lids and leave for the night,confident that your cultures will be growing well when you return.
-The immediate energy source that drives ATP synthesis by ATP synthase during oxidative phosphorylation is the


A)oxidation of glucose and other organic compounds.
B)flow of electrons down the electron transport chain.
C)affinity of oxygen for electrons.
D)H⁺ concentration across the membrane holding ATP synthase.
E)transfer of phosphate to ADP.

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