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Small Yhings Flashcards

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Raptorial feeders

Phagotroph

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Seizing prey rather than passive ingestion

Allows selection

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Organotrophy

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Direct uptake of SOLUBLE organic molecules (DOM) by absorption over cell surface

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Auxotrophy

Organotrophy

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Gaining organic compounds that the organism is unable to synthesise it’s self

Eg
Vitamins and growth factors

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Photo-organotrophy

Organotrophy

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Facultative C source but will typically get energy from light when it can

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Chemo-organotrophy

Basically a heterotroph

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Facultative or obligatory C source. Gains energy from oxidisation of chemical compounds

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Phagotrophy

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Ingestion of particles rather than DOM

C source is other organisms or POM

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Mixotrophy

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Flagellates take up particulate material when growth conditions eg light are poor. Facultative

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