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a type of autotroph that can survive totally on inorganic substances

another term for a chemoautotroph

a kind of chemoautotroph, produce methane gas under anaerobic conditions

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the majority of heterotrophs are __________. They derive carbon and energy from organic compounds, that is, aerobic respiration

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There are two categories of chemoorganotrophs:

• Saprobes

• Parasites

• Pathogens

• Detritus

•free-living microorganisms that feed on organic detritus from dead organisms

•Opportunistic pathogen

•Facultative parasite

•derive nutrients from the host

•Pathogens

•Some are obligate parasites

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Heterotrophs and their energy sources

• Cell wall acts as a barrier

• Enzymes are transported outside the wall

• Enzymes hydrolyze the bonds on nutrients

• Smaller molecules are transported across the wall and cell membrane into the cytoplasm

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Heterotrophs and their energy sources

• Cell wall acts as a barrier

• Enzymes are transported outside the wall

• Enzymes hydrolyze the bonds on nutrients

• Smaller molecules are transported across the wall and cell membrane into the cytoplasm

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Heterotrophs and their energy sources

• Cell wall acts as a barrier

• Enzymes are transported outside the wall

• Enzymes hydrolyze the bonds on nutrients

• Smaller molecules are transported across the wall and cell membrane into the cytoplasm

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