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The bacterium can produce energy for growth by fermentation or respiration. It can respire aerobically using O2 as a final electron acceptor, or it can respire under anaerobic conditions, using NO3 or fumarate as a terminal electron acceptor. E. coli can use glucose or lactose as a sole carbon source for growth, with the metabolic ability to transform the sugar into all the necessary amino acids, vitamins and nucleotides that make up cells.

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