kemoheterotrofiaksi
Kemoheterotrofiaksi refers to a mode of nutrition where an organism obtains both energy and carbon from organic compounds. This is in contrast to autotrophs, which can synthesize their own organic compounds from inorganic sources. Chemheterotrophs, therefore, rely on external sources of pre-formed organic molecules to fuel their metabolic processes and to build their cellular structures.
Organisms exhibiting chemoheterotrophy can be categorized further based on their energy source. Chemotrophs obtain energy from
This nutritional strategy is widespread throughout the biological world. Many familiar organisms, including all animals, fungi,