Taxonomy vs Autotroph - What's the difference?
taxonomy | autotroph |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(biology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and autotroph
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while autotroph is (biology) any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologyautotroph
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(wikipedia autotroph)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
