MEDizzy - Glucose, as the carbon source, is the first choice by

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Basic Medicine - Set 21

Glucose, as the carbon source, is the first choice by bacteria even if other sugars are available. The mechanism behind this selectivity is ___________

ExplanationCatabolite repression allows bacteria to adapt quickly to a preference carbon and energy source first. As the primary source of carbon for bacteria is glucose, thus it takes up glucose even if other sugars are present in abundance.