chemoorganoheterotrophy

noun

The state of being chemoorganoheterotrophic.

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nounchemoorganoheterotrophy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being chemoorganoheterotrophic.
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    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.

    2015 December 12, “Mesopelagic N 2 Fixation Related to Organic Matter Composition in the Solomon and Bismarck Seas (Southwest Pacific)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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