lecture 11 Flashcards
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Chemoorganotrophic Metabolism
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Chemolithotroph Metabolism
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Chemolithotroph
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Organism that obtains energy and electrons from the oxidation of inorganic compounds.
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photosynthesis
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The process in which some plants and microorganisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
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Oxygenic photosynthesis
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Water is the electron donor
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis
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H2S or another reduced chemical is the electron donor
(purple bacteria, green sulfur bacteria, heliobacteria)
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