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You have landed a great job with a Microbiology firm, Microbes 'R' Us in Fort Collins, company's job is to provide information about microbes to companies that use them, such as companies that produce foods fermented by microbes or perform bioremediation. You have Your mission is to provide been assigned to a group with five other fine scientists. information to the following companies regarding the types of microbes they should use. 1. Your first assignment is to provide information to the firm BigMoney Inc., a chemical producer in Kansas interested in using microbes to clean toxic spills (bioremediation). BigMoney Inc. has had a major spill of inorganic H₂ that contaminated the soil around their plant. Scientists at BigMoney have developed mechanisms for removing H* from soil, but have not found one for H₂. They want to know on a strictly theoretical basis (regardless of whether bacteria exist in nature that actually do these specific reactions) if there are any types of bacteria that could use H₂ to give rise to Hº. (6 points total) H₂ → 2H* a. Is this an oxidation or reduction? (0.5 point) b. Is H₂ serving as an electron acceptor or donor? (0.5 point)