An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms....
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of nutrition (trophic levels), the other being autotrophs (auto = self, troph = nutrition). Autotrophs use energy from sunlight (photoautotrophs) or oxidation...
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Photoautotrophism (redirect from Phototrophic autotroph)
Photoautotrophs are organisms that can utilize light energy from sunlight and elements (such as carbon) from inorganic compounds to produce organic materials...
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anabolic processes of ATP synthesis (in heterotrophs) or biosynthesis (in autotrophs). The electron or hydrogen donors are taken up from the environment. Organotrophic...
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Chemotroph (redirect from Chemotrophic autotroph)
A chemotroph is an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments. These molecules can be organic (chemoorganotrophs)...
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chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as grass or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending...
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responsible for primary production are known as primary producers or autotrophs, and form the base of the food chain. In terrestrial ecoregions, these...
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different population. A consumer is a heterotroph and a producer is an autotroph. Like sea angels, they take in organic moles by consuming other organisms...
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of obtaining energy, some 99% of flowering plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, deriving their energy from sunlight and using it to create molecules...
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September 1982). "Microbiology of thiobacilli and other sulphur-oxidizing autotrophs, mixotrophs and heterotrophs". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal...
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