Suppose a new bacterial species is discovered that is spherical in shape, survives drought by forming a thick outer wall, and cannot survive without oxygen. Using vocabulary terms from this lesson, describe this species to a scientific audience.

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Mitochondria produce atp, a high energy compound. atp is used for all sorts of enzyme-mediated reactions, such as making proteins/nucleotides/etc, certain compounds cross the cell membrane, muscles move, etc.  without this source of energy, a cell will die. it will not be able to repair itself, defend against pathogens, etc.