Chemoorganoheterotrophy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 The state of being chemoorganoheterotrophic. uncountable
"While photic autotrophic cyanobacterial diazotrophs require light, P and iron for their activity, non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs may exploit a variety of metabolisms for their nutrition, including phototrophy in the sunlit layer, chemolithoautotrophy and chemoorganoheterotrophy, which could be also present in aphotic waters."
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More examples"While photic autotrophic cyanobacterial diazotrophs require light, P and iron for their activity, non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs may exploit a variety of metabolisms for their nutrition, including phototrophy in the sunlit layer, chemolithoautotrophy and chemoorganoheterotrophy, which could be also present in aphotic waters."
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