How will their metabolism change during the summer when the deep water becomes anoxic?

January 26th, 2010 by admin

cking7628 asked: Some species of bacteria that live at the surface of sediment on the bottom of lakes are facultative anaerobes; that is, they are capable of either aerobic or anaerobic respiration. How will their metabolism change during the summer when the deep water becomes anoxic? If the bacteria continue to grow at the same [...]

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Why was a high metabolism better to survive extinctions?

January 23rd, 2010 by admin

Tesline T asked: As opposed to slow metabolism? I would think that slow metabolism would actually be more helpful because you wouldn’t have to eat for a long time…will someone please explain this?
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