Carbon Source

∞ generated and posted on 2016.01.29 ∞

Substance taken up by organisms from which organic molecules are primarily built in the course of anabolism.

Carbon Source

Figure legend: For building up macromolecules, organisms need a source of organic carbon, which comes from carbon dioxide with autotrophs – which is an inorganic form of carbon that must be converted to an organic form prior to use – and organic molecules derived from other organisms for heterotrophs.


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