An organotroph is an organism that obtains hydrogen or electrons from organic substrates. This term is used in microbiology to classify and describe organisms based on how they obtain electrons for their respiration processes. Some organotrophs such as animals and many bacteria, are also heterotrophs. Organotrophs can be either anaerobic or aerobi...
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(from the article `nutrition`) ...their energy requirements. If the electron-donor materials utilized to form reduced coenzymes consist of inorganic compounds, the organism is said ...
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<cell biology> In reference to energy source (electron donor) - An organism which obtains energy by the metabolism of organic substrates (as electron donors). There are two type of organotrophs: chemoorganotroph and photoorganotroph. ... Compare: autotroph, lithotroph, heterotroph, phototroph. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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chemotroph that uses organic molecules as its electron source; also known as chemoheterotroph
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