Chemistry Forum

Oh yeah I forgot the CO2! From the question I don't think I have the equation correct to begin with though as the respiratory quotient is moles CO2 produced/moles O2 consumed. I think I should have oxygen on the left maybe also then. And I think I might have to use this formula: Substrate + Oxygen +...

Hi, Could someone help me balancing this equation? I am second guessing myself that I have written the equation from the question correctly in the first place. "Bacterial cells with an empirically determined molecular formula of C5H7NO2 are grown on a glucose substrate with ammonia as nitrogen ...