What is Mixotroph?
[[Image:Troph flowchart.svg|thumb|400px|''Flowchart'' to determine if a [[species]] is [[autotroph]], '''heterotroph''', or a subtype]] A '''mixotroph''' is an organism that can use a mix of different sources of energy and carbon. Usually this means that it may be either [[autotroph]] or [[heterotroph]] at different times in its life. Also possible are alternations between photo- and chemotrophy, or between litho- and organotrophy. Mixotrophs can be either [[eukaryote]]s or [[prokaryote]]s.<ref>Eiler, Alexander 2006. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1694265 ''Evidence for the ubiquity of mixotrophic bacteria in the upper ocean: implications and consequences''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130801123904/http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1694265 |date=2013-08-01 }} ''Appl Environ Microbiol'' '''72''': 7431–7437; doi: 10.1128/AEM.01559-06.</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Cell biology]]