 Heterotrophic Processes
"Heterotrophic Processes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The processes by which organisms utilize organic substances as their nutrient sources. Contrasts with AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES which make use of simple inorganic substances as the nutrient supply source. Heterotrophs can be either chemoheterotrophs (or chemoorganotrophs) which also require organic substances such as glucose for their primary metabolic energy requirements, or photoheterotrophs (or photoorganotrophs) which derive their primary energy requirements from light. Depending on environmental conditions some organisms can switch between different nutritional modes (AUTOTROPHY; heterotrophy; chemotrophy; or PHOTOTROPHY) to utilize different sources to meet their nutrients and energy requirements.
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D052836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.087.490 G02.149.115.490 G03.495.505
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heterotrophic Processes" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Steen AD, Kevorkian RT, Bird JT, Dombrowski N, Baker BJ, Hagen SM, Mulligan KH, Schmidt JM, Webber AT, Royalty TM, Alperin MJ. Kinetics and Identities of Extracellular Peptidases in Subsurface Sediments of the White Oak River Estuary, North Carolina. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019 10 01; 85(19).
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Zinke LA, Glombitza C, Bird JT, R?y H, J?rgensen BB, Lloyd KG, Amend JP, Reese BK. Microbial Organic Matter Degradation Potential in Baltic Sea Sediments Is Influenced by Depositional Conditions and In Situ Geochemistry. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019 02 15; 85(4).
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Hutchins DA, Fu F. Microorganisms and ocean global change. Nat Microbiol. 2017 May 25; 2:17058.
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Lee MD, Walworth NG, McParland EL, Fu FX, Mincer TJ, Levine NM, Hutchins DA, Webb EA. The Trichodesmium consortium: conserved heterotrophic co-occurrence and genomic signatures of potential interactions. ISME J. 2017 08; 11(8):1813-1824.
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