sodium azide is an ingredient often added to the medium to select for certain types of bacteria. this compound inhibits components of the respiratory electron transport chain. given this information, what type of bacterium that you would expect to be able to grow in the presence of sodium azide

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Raegan Briggs

9 April, 06:57

sodium azide is an ingredient often added to the medium to select for certain types of bacteria. this compound inhibits components of the respiratory electron transport chain. given this information, what type of bacterium that you would expect to be able to grow in the presence of sodium azide

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Kameron Chaney · Answer 1

anaerobic bacterium

Explanation:

The respiratory electron transport chain is an important process during aerobic respiration that leads to the formation of usable energy (in the form of ATP) for the cell.

If sodium azide inhibits the electron transport chain, it simply means that organisms that will grow on such medium must not be one that requires oxygen (aerobic) for their growth. Such organism has to be anaerobic.