Lesson 907 of 1524
Microbial Biochemistry
The most abundant elements in cells are hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur
Practice this chapterThe most abundant elements in cells are hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur Each carbon atom can bind to another one producing a carbon skeleton that can be straight, branched, or ring shaped
The same numbers and types of atoms may bond together in different ways to yield different molecules called isomers . Isomers may differ in the bonding sequence of their atoms ( structural isomers ) or in the spatial arrangement of atoms whose bonding sequences are the same ( stereoisomers ), and their physical and chemical properties…
most abundant elements in cells — hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
Be able to identify common elements and structures found in organic molecules; explain the concept of isomerism; identify examples of functional groups.
Worked example
What does “most abundant elements in cells” mean in Microbial Biochemistry?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for most abundant elements in cells.
- 2The book says: hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
- 3Keep the answer tied to this term.
Result: hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for most abundant elements in cells.
Answer with the meaning this chapter gives. A nearby idea from the same book is a different term.
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