Abstract
All living organisms need a supply of food. Getting food, taking in food and making food (as plants do) are called nutrition. Organisms need food because it contains
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energy which they can release in respiration and use in the form of ATP
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raw materials from which they build other substances for growth and repair (building these other substances is called biosynthesis)
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© 1989 P. Alderson and M. Rowland
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Alderson, P., Rowland, M. (1989). Nutrition in Microorganisms. In: Making Use of Biology for GCSE. Making Use Of. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10062-0_7
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