Microbes move electrons from a reduced compound to an oxidized compound in order to release energy to do work, like make atp. microbes can also store energy by reducing compounds during photosynthesis. identify whether the reactant on the left will get oxidized or reduced during metabolic processes. a reduced terminal electron acceptors b. oxidized reducing agent |the carbon used by an organotroph moxygen in aerobic respiration alternative electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration ithe source of electrons |the oxygen in a water molecule during photosynthesis inad+ during glycolysis question 6 in chemolithoautotrophic denitrification, microbes are using nitrate as an alternative electron acceptor and are using hydrogen gas as an electron donnor. in this form of anaerobic respiration, the hydrogen is getting o oxidized reduced