Cytochrome c can be reduced directly by small molecules such as ascorbate (vitamin c). if ascorbate is added to an oxygenated solution containing purified cytochrome c and cytochrome oxidase, what would you predict would occur? a. atp synthesis would occur.

I think what would occur is that Oxygen would be reduced to water.  Cytochrome c is a large water soluble transmembrane protein complex found in bacteria and the mitochondrion of eukaryotes. It is a key player in the ATP synthesis in the mitochondria. In the electron transport it transfers electrons between complex II and complex IV. 

This bacteria must be very strong as it has a large amount on antibiotic targeting it. this bacteria could be one of many different types and it is very hard to tell which one with out more information.