mixotrophic
mixotrophic — adjective
- mixotrophicpositive
- more mixotrophiccomparative
- most mixotrophicsuperlative
1. describing an organism that gets energy in two ways: by making its own food from
describing an organism that gets energy in two ways: by making its own food from sunlight or chemicals, and by eating or absorbing other living things
Wei studied a mixotrophic pond alga that eats bacteria when winter clouds block the sun.
attributive: mixotrophic + noun (pond alga)
The biology class watched Euglena, a mixotrophic organism that moved toward both light and food.
The Venus flytrap in Chidi's grandmother's garden is mixotrophic, catching flies for extra nutrients.
Some corals are mixotrophic, using food from their algae partners while also catching tiny animals.
In Lake Baikal, a rare mixotrophic bacterium feeds on dead plants during long dark winters.
- photoheterotrophic
a narrower term for a specific type of mixotrophy where light is used together with organic carbon
- autotrophic
describes organisms that produce all their own food and never consume other living things
- heterotrophic
describes organisms that must eat or absorb organic matter and cannot produce their own food
文法句型
mixotrophic + noun
be + mixotrophic