Metabolic Diversity among Organisms Nutritional Type

Last updated: 6/22/2023

Metabolic Diversity among Organisms Nutritional Type Photoautotroph Energy Carbon Source Source Light CO Photoheterotroph Light Chemoautotroph Inorganic Chemical Organic compounds CO Chemoheterotroph Chemical Organic compounds Example Oxygenic Cyanobacteria plants Anoxygenic Green bacteria purple bacteria Green bacteria purple nonsulfur bacteria Iron oxidizing bacteria Fermentative bacteria Animals protozoa