Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Imperfectly trophic: applied to chlorophyl-bearing plankton which, because of abundant organic matter in the water, has begun to lose chlorophyl and consequently the power of manufacturing food from inorganic substances.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or to mixotrophs

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Examples

  • Besides these two large, common life-styles there are parasitic protists as well 'mixotrophic' protists.

    Marine microbes 2009

  • Work in this area has shown that the microbial food web can comprise a significant fraction of the total community biomass in arctic rivers and lakes, and that energy flow is routed through a diverse trophic network of microbial species displaying a wide array of nutritional modes (heterotrophic bacteria, phototrophic bacteria, phagotrophic protozoa, and mixotrophic flagellates [28]).

    Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009

  • Besides, there are inorganic chemical processes from which oxygen is released and there are mixotrophic organisms that release Oxygen from water molecules more efficiently than terrestrial plants.

    Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

  • Buffers are multiple and diversified, and include microorganisms, for example mixotrophic microorganisms, microorganisms that fabricate shells, etc., which are considered most efficient on sequestering CD than terrestrial photosynthetic plants.

    Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

  • Taken together, these results demonstrate that the liverworts have a capacity for mixotrophic nutrition when glucose is present and that mixotrophy and/or the presence of cyanobacteria could be responsible for the stable carbon isotope values obtained from Prototaxites.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Taken together, these results demonstrate that the liverworts have a capacity for mixotrophic nutrition when glucose is present and that mixotrophy and/or the presence of cyanobacteria could be responsible for the stable carbon isotope values obtained from Prototaxites.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Taken together, these results demonstrate that the liverworts have a capacity for mixotrophic nutrition when glucose is present and that mixotrophy and/or the presence of cyanobacteria could be responsible for the stable carbon isotope values obtained from Prototaxites.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Graham and her colleagues hypothesized that Prototaxites fossils may be composed of partially degraded wind -, gravity -, or water-rolled mats of mixotrophic (capable of deriving energy from multiple sources) liverworts that are associated with fungi and cyanobacteria.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Graham and her colleagues investigated the mixotrophic ability of M. polymorpha by assessing whether M. polymorpha grown in a glucose-based medium is capable of acquiring carbon from its substrate.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Graham and her colleagues hypothesized that Prototaxites fossils may be composed of partially degraded wind -, gravity -, or water-rolled mats of mixotrophic (capable of deriving energy from multiple sources) liverworts that are associated with fungi and cyanobacteria.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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