Osmotrophy is the uptake of dissolved organic compounds An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered inorganic. The distinction between "organic" and " by osmosis Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a partially-permeable membrane down a water potential gradient. More specifically, it is the movement of water across a partially permeable membrane from an area of high water potential to an area of low water potential (high solute concentration). It is a physical process in which a solvent moves, for nutrition. Organisms that use osmotrophy are osmotrophs. Some mixotrophic A mixotroph is a organism that can use a mix of different sources of energy and carbon. Possible are alternations between photo- and chemotrophy, between litho- and organotrophy, between auto- and heterotrophy or a combination of it. Mixotrophs can be either eukaryotic or prokaryotic microorganisms A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is microscopic (too small to be seen by the naked human eye). The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope of his own design use osmotrophy to derive energy.

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  1. "Osmotrophy". Glossary of Fishery, Oceanographic, Phylogenetic and other Biological Terms. http://www.guiamarina.com/glossary/O.htm. Retrieved October 11, 2005.

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