Sentences with phrase «heterotrophic food»

At least four key findings from these projects relating to arctic heterotrophic food web, pelagic - benthic coupling and biodiversity have emerged: (1) Contrary to a long - standing paradigm of dormant ecosystems during the long arctic winter, major food web components showed relatively high level of winter activity, well before the spring release of ice algae and subsequent phytoplankton bloom.

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While the cell was exposed to sunlight, an initial dose of «food» was added to the chamber to stimulate growth of the heterotrophic bacteria.

Prochlorococcus is an autotrophic bacterium that photosynthesizes its own food; Pelagibacter, is a heterotrophic bacterium that consumes food molecules made by others.

The aerobic bacterium thrived within the cell cytoplasm that provided abundant molecular food for its heterotrophic existence.