Descriptor English: | Autotrophic Processes | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Procesos Autotróficos
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Processos Autotróficos | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Processus autotrophes | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Autotrophic Growth Autotrophy Growth, Autotrophic Growth, Lithotrophic Lithotrophic Growth Lithotrophic Processes Lithotrophy Processes, Autotrophic Processes, Lithotrophic |
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Tree number(s): |
G02.111.071 G03.087 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D052818 | ||||||
Scope note: | The processes by which organisms use simple inorganic substances such as gaseous or dissolved carbon dioxide and inorganic nitrogen as nutrient sources. Contrasts with heterotrophic processes which make use of organic materials as the nutrient supply source. Autotrophs can be either chemoautotrophs (or chemolithotrophs), largely ARCHAEA and BACTERIA, which also use simple inorganic substances for their metabolic energy reguirements; or photoautotrophs (or photolithotrophs), such as PLANTS and CYANOBACTERIA, which derive their energy from light. Depending on environmental conditions some organisms can switch between different nutritional modes (autotrophy; HETEROTROPHY; chemotrophy; or PHOTOTROPHY) to utilize different sources to meet their nutrient and energy requirements. |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
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Public MeSH Note: | 2007 |
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History Note: | 2007 |
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Related: |
Heterotrophic Processes
MeSH Nutritional Physiological Phenomena MeSH Phototrophic Processes MeSH | ||||||
DeCS ID: | 52480 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D052818 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 2007/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 2006/07/05 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2016/06/16 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Chemical Phenomena [G02]Chemical Phenomena -
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Metabolism [G03]Metabolism
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Autotrophic Processes
- Preferred
Autotrophy
- Related but not broader or narrower
Autotrophic Growth
- Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI |
M0489595 |
Scope note | The processes by which organisms use simple inorganic substances such as gaseous or dissolved carbon dioxide and inorganic nitrogen as nutrient sources. Contrasts with heterotrophic processes which make use of organic materials as the nutrient supply source. Autotrophs can be either chemoautotrophs (or chemolithotrophs), largely ARCHAEA and BACTERIA, which also use simple inorganic substances for their metabolic energy reguirements; or photoautotrophs (or photolithotrophs), such as PLANTS and CYANOBACTERIA, which derive their energy from light. Depending on environmental conditions some organisms can switch between different nutritional modes (autotrophy; HETEROTROPHY; chemotrophy; or PHOTOTROPHY) to utilize different sources to meet their nutrient and energy requirements. |
Preferred term | Autotrophic Processes |
Entry term(s) |
Lithotrophic Processes Processes, Autotrophic Processes, Lithotrophic |
Concept UI |
M0489596 |
Preferred term | Autotrophy |
Entry term(s) |
Lithotrophy |
Concept UI |
M0489675 |
Preferred term | Autotrophic Growth |
Entry term(s) |
Growth, Autotrophic Growth, Lithotrophic Lithotrophic Growth |
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