Based on our basic biological assumption regarding autotrophs, we believe there must exist metabolic pathways for generating these metabolites.
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Possessing changes in microorganism type is obvious for multi-species biofilms that have distinctly different microbial types, such as heterotrophs and autotrophs.
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For a particular model population, nullclines connect combinations of grazer andautotrophbiomass values where growth of the population is zero.
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The general picture one should take away from this brief review is one of great stoichiometric variability and plasticity at the base ofautotroph-driven food webs.
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Thus, in a world with stoichiometric reality, an ecosystem can be maintained indefinitely in a state of highautotrophbiomass and no (or low) herbivore abundance.
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However, net fixation is probably substantially lower than gross fixation because in strict autotrophs a certain percentage of photosynthate must be used to meet the metabolic needs of theautotroph.
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Stoichiometric theory provides an alternative or perhaps a complementary mechanism to explain the very long persistence of anautotroph(stromatogenic cyanobacteria)dominated world.
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Trophic mutualism often occurs between anautotrophand a heterotroph.
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These reduced carbon compounds can be used as an energy source by theautotrophand provide the energy in food consumed by heterotrophs.
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Each food chain starts with a primary producer orautotroph, an organism, such as a plant, which is able to manufacture its own food.
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As an estimate ofautotrophbiomass, it is only a rough indicator of primary production potential, and not an actual estimate of it.
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Being anautotrophit receives energy from growing on sulfur or even a variety of organic compounds.
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Unlike some of its relatives, this species is anautotroph.
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From this carbon-based hypothesis the scientific team assumed some form of staple photosynthesizing animal/plant combination would be the principalautotroph.
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Some endoliths have specialized in feeding on theirautotrophrelatives.
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