Medical Definition of Organotroph
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| In reference to energy source (electron donor) - An organism which obtains energy by the metabolism of organic substrates (as electron donors). There are two type of organotrophs: chemoorganotroph and photoorganotroph.
Compare: autotroph, lithotroph, heterotroph, phototroph.
(09 Oct 1997)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Organotroph
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