Carbon autotrophic

The carbon-autotrophic green plant is the primary producer of carbohydrates on the earth and uses carbohydrates extensively as storage and cell-wall substances (starch, cellulose, etc). The nitrogen-hetero-trophic animal usually consumes a rather protein-rich diet and uses proteins as supportive materials The approximate chemical composition of the human body is shown in Table 2. Most of the mass of bacteria (see Escherichia coli) is made up by proteins, which may account for 70 % of the dry weight. Numerically,... 

Autotroph Organism which uses carbon dioxide as the sole carbon source. Autotrophic nitrification Oxidation of ammonium to nitrate through the combined... 

Predicting the effect of the terrestrial vegetation response to C02-induced climate change for a particular site involves explicit treatment of feedbacks. These are diagramed in Figure 3. The balance between decomposition + autotrophic respiration and gross primary production (GPP) determines the net storage and release of carbon to atmosphere. Climate meets each of these... 

Carbon dioxide is produced as a result of metabolism of all heterotrophic organisms. The concentrations of CO2 in pore water of reduced sediments are therefore high. Autotrophic microorganisms consume CO2 in the oxidized part of the sediment, which can vary in depth from a meter in deep sea sediments to a few mm... 

Primary production maintains the main carbon flux from the atmosphere to the biota. In the process of photosynthesis, CO2 from the atmosphere is reduced by autotrophic organisms to a wide range of organic substances. The complex biochemistry involved can be represented by the formula... 

Jordan SE, IR McDonald, AJ Kraczkiewicz-Dowjat, DP Kelly, FA Rainey, J-C Murrell, AP Wood (1997) Autotrophic growth on carbon disulfide is a property of novel strains of Paracoccus denitrificans. Arch Microbiol 168 225-236. 

A fundamental question for all reactions which could have been involved in the early phase of chemical evolution is that of the origin of the reduction equivalents necessary for the autotrophic synthesis. For example, the synthesis of one molecule of glucose from carbon dioxide requires 24 electrons, while the synthesis of the amino acid cysteine requires as many as 26 electrons per molecule of amino acid ... 

Composting is a biological process mediated by microbes belonging to the kingdom Protest, which includes bacteria, algae, fungi, protozoa, and virus particles (Table 12.2). Microbes can be classified into metabolic types based on the carbon and energy sources utilized by the cell. Autotrophs use carbon dioxide as a... 

Autotrophic Obtains energy from oxidation of inorganic ions and obtains carbon from carbon dioxide... 

Autotrophic Uses inorganic compounds (e.g., carbon dioxide) as carbon source... 

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