Meanings
nounorganotrophy (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyThe condition of an organism obtaining its energy from organic compounds.
The ability of many freshwater algae to grow under controlled laboratory conditions in the dark in the presence of a carbon source provides strong experimental evidence for the wide occurrence of organotrophy.
2005, David Sigee, Freshwater Microbiology
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