TMPD and DMPD can be used to test if an organism possesses an enzyme that reduces this compound, which helps identify if non-lactose-fermenting gram negative rods are pseudomonas. Requirements for this molecule can be approximated by growing an organism in thioglycolate broth. A lack of access to this molecule may have led to the evolution of the hydrogenosome. Organisms that (*) tolerate this molecule detoxify its reactive byproducts using SOD and catalase, thus avoiding a namesake form of stress. Organisms which do not metabolize this molecule either use alternative electron acceptors for respiration or fermentation to generate ATP. For 10 points, obligate anaerobes cannot tolerate atmospheric concentrations of what gaseous molecule? ■END■
ANSWER: oxygen gas [accept O2]
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