Which of the following compounds cannot be used as an electron donor to support microbial energetics? (a) Fe2+ (b) H2S (c) CO2 (d) H2 Surface ocean waters undergoing high rates of photosynthesis also exhibit (a) daily increases and nightly decreases in pH. (b) daily decreases and nightly increases in pH. (c) constant pH values from day to night. (d) typically lower pH value than deep ocean water. What happened on Earth in response to the Great Oxygen Event (circle all that apply) (a) Iron oxides precipitated from solution (b) Superoxide dismutase was created (c) Anaerobes became extinct (d) Mitochondria came into existence. Iron oxidizing bacteria refer to those organisms that (a) use iron as an electron donor. (b) use iron as an electron acceptor. (c) consume iron and transform it into intracellular magnetite. (d) increase the sedimentation rate of iron particles in the open ocean. Solution chemoautotrophs are obtain thier energy by oxidation of electron donors in the environment. they uses inorganic energy sources such as ferrous iron ion, hydrogen sulfide, H2. they can not use co2 as electron donor iron oxides precipitated from solution because in the presence of excessive oxygen iron gets oxidizes and forms ferrous oxides. iron oxidizing bacteria is one of the type of chemical autotrophs which uses iron as electron donor for thier enery source generation..