The accumulation of glucose 6-phosphate inside a bacterial cell via phosphorylation of glucose is an example of
A) facilitated diffusion.
B) group translocation.
C) osmosis.
D) plasmolysis.
E) diffusion.

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The accumulation of glucose 6-phosphate inside a bacterial cell occurs through the process of group translocation, which involves the phosphorylation of glucose as it is transported into the cell. This is different from facilitated diffusion, which does not involve any chemical modification of the transported molecule, and from osmosis and plasmolysis, which refer to the movement of water across a membrane. Diffusion alone also does not involve any energy input, whereas group translocation requires ATP.

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