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Question: Redox Reactions: You (a microbe) go to the store where they are having a sale on elemental sulfur. You are thinking about buying some in order to harvest and store energy. There is plenty of cheap sulfur available, but you need to buy something to go with it - aside from sulfur, all the store has in stock are nitrate (NO3-) and succinate. You have the following recipes (i.e., genes) at your disposal:

conversion of NO3 - to N2 gas

conversion of S to SO4 2-

conversion of S to H2S

conversion of succinate to fumarate

Assume that you can buy and react either nitrate or succinate in standard conditions. Which should you buy if your goal is to maximize the amount of energy produced from one mole of sulfur, how much do you need to buy (in moles), and how much energy will be produced?

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