68. A biologist was culturing some muscle cells
from a mouse (an aerobic organism) in a petri
dish. He was interested in measuring the amount
of ATP produced by the muscle cells when the
cells were supplied with glucose. At the beginning
of the experiment, the cells were producing large
quantities of ATP. He then added a substance
called malonic acid to the cell culture, and the
amount of ATP produced fell to near zero.
a) Which organelles in the muscle cells were
most likely affected by the malonic acid?
b) Why did the ATP production fall to near zero
but not actually zero?
c) Propose a testable hypothesis concerning res-
piration in cells treated with malonic acid.
d) Predict the effect of malonic acid on an anaer-
obic organism and explain your prediction.​