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Organisms that use
osmotrophy are
called osmotrophs.
Osmotrophy is used by
diverse groups of organisms.
Organisms that use
osmotrophy include microorganisms...
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exhibit varied types of
nutrition (such as phototrophy,
phagotrophy or
osmotrophy),
sometimes combining them (in mixotrophy). They
present unique adaptations...
- of its nourishment, it is
called phagotrophy and is
distinguished from
osmotrophy,
which is
nutrition taking place by absorption.[citation needed] The history...
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ingestion (phagocytosis,
except labyrinthulids)
rather than
absorption (
osmotrophy, as fungi, labyrinthulids,
oomycetes and hyphochytrids).
Neither water...
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energy both from
photosynthesis and
uptake of
organic carbon either by
osmotrophy,
myzotrophy or phagotrophy. Some
unicellular species of
green algae, many...
- cycle,
although the
chitinous cell wall (another
fungal hallmark) and
osmotrophy originated in a
common ancestor of
Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota...
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enzymes catalyze the
digestion of the food, i.e., diffusion, transport,
osmotrophy or phagocytosis.
Since digestion occurs outside the cell, it is said to...
- heterokonts,
their growth form (featuring hyphae) and mode of
nutrition (
osmotrophy)
resemble that of
fungi (which are not
closely related). It is believed...
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phagocytosis or
taking up
dissolved organic matter or micro-particles (
osmotrophy).
Phagocytosis may
involve engulfing organic particles with pseudopodia...
- at its tip.
Osmotrophic euglenids are
euglenids which have
undergone osmotrophy. Due to a lack of
characteristics that are
useful for
taxonomical purposes...
