chemoorganoheterotrophy

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Noun

chemoorganoheterotrophy (uncountable)

  1. The state of being chemoorganoheterotrophic.
    • 2015 December 12, “Mesopelagic N 2 Fixation Related to Organic Matter Composition in the Solomon and Bismarck Seas (Southwest Pacific)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      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.