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colleen colleen
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12 years ago
Using nitrogen as an example, explain the differences between assimilative and dissimilative metabolism.
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11 years ago
Assimilative metabolism reduces a nitrogen compound such as nitrate low only enough to incorporate the nitrogen into a macromolecule such as DNA for the cell. Dissimilative metabolism would further reduce nitrate and excrete it as N2 into the environment.
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