Examples of inorganic growth in the following topics:
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- Organic growth is the process of business expansion due to increasing overall customer base, increased output per customer or representative, new sales, or any combination of the above, as opposed to mergers and acquisitions, which are examples of inorganic growth.
- It is useful to break down organic sales growth into that coming from market growth and that coming from gains in market share: This makes it easier to see how sustainable growth is.
- Instead of implementing these steps to generate internal growth, companies simply accept their "fate" and look for growth opportunities outside of the the company (inorganic growth).
- In spite of the advantages of organic growth, when compared to external growth, there are still some limitations associated with relying on this type of growth.
- Discuss how organic growth is achieved, and the advantages and limitations of organic growth
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- These unicellular algae commonly reside in the endoderm of tropical cnidarians such as corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish, where they translocate products of photosynthesis to the host and in turn receive inorganic nutrients (e.g.
- Under normal conditions, symbiont and host cells exchange organic and inorganic molecules that enable the growth and proliferation of both partners.
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- To produce these organic compounds it either uses energy from light (by photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions.
- A heterotroph is an organism that, unlike an autotroph, cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth.
- These organisms use inorganic energy sources or organic energy sources to sustain life.
- This is a flowchart to help determine how a microorganism undergoes growth development.
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- Plants assimilate phosphorous from the environment and then convert it from inorganic phosphorous to organic phosphorous.
- The organic phosphorous is released and converted back into inorganic phosphorous through decomposition.
- In the spring, inorganic phosphorous is released from the sediment by convection currents in the warming water.
- Artificial phosphorous can cause over growth of algae and plants in aquatic ecosytems.
- Phosphorous is converted between its organic and inorganic forms.
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- Soil is a mix of varying amounts of inorganic matter, organic matter, water, and air.
- Plants obtain inorganic elements from the soil, which serves as a natural medium for land plants.
- Soil quality, a major determinant, along with climate, of plant distribution and growth, depends not only on the chemical composition of the soil, but also the topography (regional surface features) and the presence of living organisms.
- inorganic mineral matter, about 40 to 45 percent of the soil volume
- The four major components of soil are shown: inorganic minerals, organic matter, water, and air.
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- Known chemolithotrophs are exclusively microbes; no known macrofauna possesses the ability to utilize inorganic compounds as energy sources.
- These molecules can be organic (chemoorganotrophs) or inorganic (chemolithotrophs).
- Chemolithotrophic growth could be dramatically fast, such as Thiomicrospira crunogena with a doubling time around one hour.
- The electron acceptor can be oxygen (in aerobic bacteria), but a variety of other electron acceptors, organic and inorganic, are also used by various species.
- Other lithotrophs are able to directly utilize inorganic substances, e.g., iron, hydrogen sulfide, elemental sulfur, or thiosulfate, for some or all of their energy needs.
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- Nutrients are materials that are acquired from the environment and are used for growth and metabolism.
- Inorganic nutrients are elements or simply molecules that are made of elements other than carbon and hydrogen.
- Oxygen is an important component of both organic and inorganic compounds.
- Describe the types of nutrients that are used by microorganisms for growth and metabolism
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- Sulfur oxidation involves the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds, inorganic sulfur, and thiosulfate to form sulfuric acid.
- Sulfur oxidation involves the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds such as sulfide (H2S), inorganic sulfur (S0), and thiosulfate (S2O2−3) to form sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
- Generally, the oxidation of sulfide occurs in stages, with inorganic sulfur being stored either inside or outside of the cell until needed.
- Winogradsky referred to this form of metabolism as inorgoxidation (oxidation of inorganic compounds).
- Some species have the ability of chemolithoautotrophic growth, using sulfide oxidation for energy and carbon dioxide as a source of carbon for biosynthesis.
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- Glucose or glycerol is often used as carbon sources, and ammonium salts or nitrates as inorganic nitrogen sources.
- Growth in closed culture systems, such as a batch culture in LB broth, where no additional nutrients are added and waste products are not removed, the bacterial growth will follow a predicted growth curve and can be modeled .
- Batch culture is the most common laboratory-growth method in which bacterial growth is studied, but it is only one of many.
- In comparison to batch culture, bacteria are maintained in exponential growth phase, and the growth rate of the bacteria is known.
- List the growth phases of microrganisms and the different types of growth media available to culture them
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- In organisms that require carbon fixation, the Calvin cycle is a means to obtain energy and necessary components for growth.
- This energy is necessary for cellular growth and metabolic processes.
- The intermediate of this product is the conversion of NADPH to NADP+ and an inorganic phosphate ion.
- The inorganic phosphate ion is often a result of regulatory metabolic processes.
- It is important to note that these intermediates or products (inorganic phosphate, NADP+ and ADP) processed by phase 2 are often regenerated back into the cycle.