heterotroph

Japanese: heterotroph
heterotroph

…(2) Differences in carbon sources When an organism uses carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere as its only carbon source and synthesizes the carbon skeletons of all organic compounds in the organism from carbon dioxide, it is called an autotroph. In contrast, when an organism must use more complex reduced organic compounds such as glucose, it is called a heterotroph. Photosynthetic organisms and a limited number of other bacteria are autotrophs, while all higher animals and most microorganisms are heterotrophs. …

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Japanese:

…(2)炭素源の違い 生物が大気中の二酸化炭素CO2を唯一の炭素源として利用し,生体内のすべての有機化合物の炭素骨格を二酸化炭素から合成することを独立栄養,あるいは自養autotrophと呼ぶ。これに対してグルコースなどの,より複雑な還元型の有機化合物を利用しなければならない場合を,従属栄養あるいは他養heterotrophと呼ぶ。光合成生物やその他の限られたある種の細菌が独立栄養性であるのに対し,すべての高等動物と大部分の微生物は従属栄養性である。…

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