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Autotrophic Organism

Organisms that utilize carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and obtain their energy from the sun or by oxidizing inorganic substances such as sulphur, hydrogen, ammonium, and nitrate salts. The former include the higher plants and algae and the latter various bacteria, cf. HETEROTROPHIC.

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