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Oligotrophic vs Polytrophic - What's the difference?

oligotrophic | polytrophic |


As adjectives the difference between oligotrophic and polytrophic

is that oligotrophic is (physiology|of a diet) being deficient in nutrition while polytrophic is (biology), (of bacteria etc ) feeding of multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.

Polytrophic vs Polytropic - What's the difference?

polytrophic | polytropic |


As adjectives the difference between polytrophic and polytropic

is that polytrophic is (biology), (of bacteria etc ) feeding of multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way while polytropic is (physics) of any change in the thermodynamic properties of a gas in which its specific heat remains constant.

Polytrophic vs Polytroph - What's the difference?

polytrophic | polytroph |


In biology terms the difference between polytrophic and polytroph

is that polytrophic is , (of bacteria etc) feeding of multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way while polytroph is any polytrophic organism.

As an adjective polytrophic

is , (of bacteria etc) feeding of multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way.

As a noun polytroph is

any polytrophic organism.