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| Organism that can use inorganic carbon as its sole source of carbon. |
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| Produces complex organic substance from carbon using the energy from light. |
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| Produces complex organic substances from carbon using the energy from inorganic substances such as ammonia, sulfur, and iron. |
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| Organism that cannot use inorganic carbon as its sole source of carbon. |
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| Can create its own complex organic substances from organic carbon using the energy from light |
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| Can extract the energy from complex organic compounds made by other organisms but can't do much. |
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| Must use oxygen for cellular respiration. |
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| Killed by atmospheric concentrations of oxygen. |
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| Can use oxygen if present, but can carry out anaerobic respiration in anaerobic conditions. |
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| Breaks down dead organisms and the waste products of organisms to release usable forms of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements for use by other organisms. |
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| Ecological relationship between 2 species. |
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| The larger organism in a symbiotic relationship. |
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| One species benefits while the other species is harmed. |
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| A parasite that causes disease (Exotoxins, Endotoxins). |
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| Toxic proteins secreted by certain bacteria that causes disease. |
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| Lipopolysaccharide componentns of the gram-negative bacterial cell wall that causes disease. |
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| One species benefits while the other is unaffected. |
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