You study a bacterium that grows in very low-nutrient aqueous environments. Which type of transport mechanism is required to deliver nutrients from these environments where they are at a lower concentration than inside the cell?
A) aquaporins
B) active transport
C) facilitated diffusion
D) passive diffusion
E) Such bacteria cannot exist.

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Active transport is required to move nutrients into the cell against their concentration gradient from low-nutrient aqueous environments where they are at a lower concentration than inside the cell. This process requires energy in the form of ATP.

You Study a Bacterium That Grows in Very Low-Nutrient Aqueous