The sources of thermal energy exchange accompanying microbial catabolism

Anaerobically, for the processes tested fewer inferences could be drawn. The values of ΔrGB,298.15o′ are much more negative than those of ΔrXB,298.15o′ in three examples out of five and widely variable, quite the opposite of the data on the aerobic processes. One anaerobic ΔrXB,298.15o′ value is positive, indicating that something other than the total free energy change must be driving this particular process.