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Only plants are capable of combining simple inorganic substances into complex organic ones capable of sustaining life. An organism which can carry out this method of nutrition is said to be autotrophic which means self-feeding. There are two types of autotrophic nutrition, chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
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Boyce, A., Jenking, C.M. (1980). Autotrophic nutrition. In: Metabolism, movement and control. Foundations of Biology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04705-5_5
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