The enzyme machinery responsible for mismatch repair must be able to distinguish between the template strand and a newly synthesized strand. How is that achieved in a bacterial cell, such as E. coli

For a short period of time after replication, the sequence GATC is methylated at the A only on the template strand.

the answer is lactic acid from anaerobic respiration. the acid in lactic acid is what creates sore and burning muscles. if you think about how acid burns that will give you a clue for questions like this.

answer denitrification;