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How many ammino acids are considered to be essential in that the human body cannot synthesize them?
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Eight.
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Bacteria that cannot synthesize their own food are called?
heterotrophs
Bacteria that cannot synthesize their own food called?
consumers
Of the 20 common amino acids how many of these are termed essential?
Nine amino acids are considered essential as your body cannot make them; they must be consumed through food.
What are some nutrients are considered essential in the diets of certain animals?
they cannot be manufactured by the organism
How many nutrients are considered indispensable in the diet?
An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal body functions that either cannot be by by the body at all or cannot be make in amounts adequate for good health. Some types of essential nutrients include vitamins, dietary minerals, essential fatty acids and essential amino acids.
What can plants that lack chloroplast not do?
Plants that lack chloroplasts cannot synthesize simple sugars via photosynthesis. Chlorophyll is essential in absorbing light energy that converts water and carbon dioxide to simple sugars. Oxygen is emitted in the process
How does autotrophic bacteria get food?
They are grown on medium that contains the nutrient that they cannot synthesize
Organisms that consume other organism because they cannot synthesize their own carbohydrates?
Heterotrophs.
Which term would describe bacteria that cannot synthesize their own food energy?
Heterotrophs
How does photosynthesis benefit Hererotrophs?
They cannot synthesize own food. photosynthesis gives food for them
Why are Linolenic and linoleic acid considered essential fats?
These are essential because they cannot be made by the body. Typically, fatty acids with double bonds above the 9th carbon cannot be synthesized. Linolenic and linoleic acids have carbons at the 3rd and 6th carbon, therefore they cannot be made by the body and must be consumed in the diet.
If amino acids are the materials that the human cell uses to build everything that it requires why is a balanced diet so important?
balanced diet is important because our body cannot synthesize essential amino acids which are the building block of the body Why not just protein rich foods?
