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Photoautotrophs |
organisms that obtain energy from light
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Chemoautotrophs |
organisms that obtain energy from chemicals
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Heterotrophs |
organisms that require an organic nutrient to make organic compounds |
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Mixotrophs |
organisms that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophic nutrition |
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Vecter |
organisms that transmit pathogens from one host to another |
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Protist |
a eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus (group that is mostly unicellular eukaryotes, but some colonial and multicellular species) |
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Endosymbiosis |
the process in which a unicellular organism engulfs another cell, which becomes an endosymbiont and then organelle in the host cell
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Motility |
the ability of an organism to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process. (achieved using flagella, cilia, or pseudopodia"false foot") |
