mixotrophyn.
/mɪkˈsɒtrəfi/, U.S. /mɪkˈsɑtrəfi/ Biology.
Mixotrophic nutrition; the state or condition of being mixotrophic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun]
colonist1839
benthos1891
land form1897
heterotroph1900
autotroph1901
epibenthos1902
specialist1902
microaerophile1903
nitrifier1903
consumer1904
nitrogen fixer1904
producer1904
indicator1906
psychrophile1906
thermophil1909
sulphuretum1925
influent1926
halobiont1928
halophile1928
mesophile1928
oligosaprobe1931
saprobe1932
eurytope1938
stenotope1938
photoautotroph1939
chemoautotroph1943
prototroph1946
mixotrophy1948
chemolithoautotroph1949
auxotroph1950
chemoheterotroph1951
chemoorganotroph1953
chemolithotroph1955
chemotroph1958
osmophile1961
psychrotroph1963
saprotroph1963
generalist1964
opportunist1967
cryophile1970
1948 New Phytologist 47 83 Strict autotrophy is probably not a primitive but a derived character compared with mixotrophy.
1967 Arch. f. Mikrobiol. 59 247 The colorless Cyanophycean Beggiatoa represents..nutritionally a special mode of mixotrophy.
1986 Marine Microbial Food Webs 1 81 (title) Mixotrophy in marine planktonic cilitates: ultrastructural study of Tontonia appendiculariformis.
1995 Aquatic Microbial Ecol. 9 191 Photosynthetic capability was conclusively demonstrated for D[inophysis] cf. acuminata, but mixotrophy remains a distinct possibility.
2017 F. Martin Molecular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis xxv. 462 The existence of a differential allocation of photosynthetic versus fungal resources in the different plant organs, as described for mixotrophic orchids, deserves further studies to establish physiological comparisons of mixotrophy between pyroloids and orchids.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1948