chemoorganoheterotrophy

English

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^[1], →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.