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Photoheterotroph vs Chemoheterotroph - What's the difference?

photoheterotroph | chemoheterotroph |

As nouns the difference between photoheterotroph and chemoheterotroph

is that photoheterotroph is a heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment while chemoheterotroph is a chemotrophic heterotroph, one that must ingest organic building blocks that it is incapable of creating itself.

photoheterotroph

English

(wikipedia photoheterotroph)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment.

    • chemoheterotroph

    English

    (wikipedia chemoheterotroph)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chemotrophic heterotroph, one that must ingest organic building blocks that it is incapable of creating itself.