Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called:

Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called:
  1. photoautotrophs
  2. chemoautotrophs
  3. saprozoic
  4. coproheterotrophs

Solution

Chemotrophs are organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced compounds. Chemoautotrophs use inorganic energy sources and are known as chemolithoautotrophs or lithoautotrophs Related Theory Chemolithoheterotrophs are a special kind of chemotroph that use inorganic compounds as an energy source and reduced organic compounds as a carbon source. Chemotrophs use fermentation and respiration to obtain energy.

Asked in: NEET 2002

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