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Types Active Transport  Primary Direct Metabolic Energy Secondary

Active transport has two types: primary, which directly uses metabolic energy (like ATP hydrolysis), and secondary, which uses the energy from an existing electrochemical gradient to move another molecule.

Active transport can be categorized into primary active transport, which directly uses metabolic energy, and secondary active transport, which involves coupling a molecule's movement against its gradient with another molecule moving down its electrochemical gradient.

Front 2 types of active transport 
Back primary (direct use of metabolic energy), secondary (coupling the molecule with another moving along an electrochemical gradient)

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