What is meant by 'organic source of carbon'?
Answer:
Carbon source refers to the source of carbon used by an organism for growth and development. An organism is defined as heterotrophic when using organic substrates to get its carbon for growth and development, whereas it is autotrophic, when its source of carbon is carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Organic sources:
E.g. carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, alcohols, and other hydrocarbons.
Inorganic sources:
E.g. carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanide,
Broadly speaking, organic sources link closely with biological sources, inorganic sources are from mineral sources.
An organic source of carbon would be carbon contained in organic molecules. AN example of lets say inorganic carbon would be carbon found in carbon dioxide.
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