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Autotrophic
Autotrophic Au`to*troph"ic, a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

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- An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms....
- Photoautotrophs are organisms that can utilize light energy from sunlight and elements (such as carbon) from inorganic compounds to produce organic materials...
- of nutrition (trophic levels), the other being autotrophs (auto = self, troph = nutrition). Autotrophs use energy from sunlight (photoautotrophs) or oxidation...
- anabolic processes of ATP synthesis (in heterotrophs) or biosynthesis (in autotrophs). The electron or hydrogen donors are taken up from the environment. Organotrophic...
- A chemotroph is an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments. These molecules can be organic (chemoorganotrophs)...
- chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as gr**** or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending...
- responsible for primary production are known as primary producers or autotrophs, and form the base of the food chain. In terrestrial ecoregions, these...
- (previously The Producers), an English supergroup Producer (biology) or autotroph, an organism that synthesizes energy-rich organic compounds The Producers...
- of obtaining energy, some 99% of flowering plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, deriving their energy from sunlight and using it to create molecules...
- different po****tion. A consumer is a heterotroph and a producer is an autotroph. Like sea angels, they take in organic moles by consuming other organisms...