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Dictionary » M » Mixotroph Mixotrophmixotroph An organism able to assimilate organic compounds as carbon sources while using inorganic compounds as electron donors. Compare: autotroph, heterotroph. ![]()
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Results from our forumHeterotrophs and Carbon Fixationmixotroph is also an organism that can fit into more than one category. The most famous example is Euglena who is both a photolytoautotroph and a heterotroph
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Heterotrophs and Carbon Fixation... heterotrophs), because in order to generate those CO2, they still need organic molecules as the sole electron donor. And I can say that mixotrophs are organisms which do not belong to these 4 nutrition types: - Photolyto autotrophs - Photoorgano heterotrophs - Chemolyto autotrophs - ...
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Heterotrophs and Carbon FixationThat's kind of interesting. But in that case is the organism still called a heterotroph? Isn't it a mixotroph?
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