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| (i) '''Photoautorophs''' trap solar energy for utilization CO2 and use H2S in place of H2O. Thus, O2 is never released.<br> | | (i) '''Photoautorophs''' trap solar energy for utilization CO2 and use H2S in place of H2O. Thus, O2 is never released.<br> |
| (ii) '''Chemoautotrophs''' obtain energy from chemical by oxidation process for food synthesis and carbon from CO2.<br> This type include nitrifying bacteria, sulphur bacteria, iron bacteria etc.<br> Heterotrophs are also of two types- Photoheterotrophs and chemoheterotrophs. <br>Photoheterotrophs use light as energy source and an organic compound as source of carbon, e.g. Green and purple bacteria. <br>Chemoheterotrophs use chemical as energy and carbon may also be obtained from the same organic substances.<br> Most of the bacteria belong to this type.<br> | | (ii) '''Chemoautotrophs''' obtain energy from chemical by oxidation process for food synthesis and carbon from CO2.<br> This type include nitrifying bacteria, sulphur bacteria, iron bacteria etc.<br> Heterotrophs are also of two types- Photoheterotrophs and chemoheterotrophs. <br>Photoheterotrophs use light as energy source and an organic compound as source of carbon, e.g. Green and purple bacteria. <br>Chemoheterotrophs use chemical as energy and carbon may also be obtained from the same organic substances.<br> Most of the bacteria belong to this type.<br> |
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| '''Nutritional types in bacterial metabolism | | '''Nutritional types in bacterial metabolism |
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| ====Reproduction in Bacteria==== | | ====Reproduction in Bacteria==== |
| The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate new individuals of the same kind is '''reproduction.'''<br> | | The sexual or asexual process by which organisms generate new individuals of the same kind is '''reproduction.'''<br> |