Assertion: diatom | /r/HasProperty | photosynthetic
Facets:
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Diatoms are mainly photosynthetic; however a few are obligate heterotrophs and can live in the absence of light provided an appropriate organic carbon source is available.
text: Diatoms, photosynthetic protists that live in the ocean, possess strange chloroplasts with four membranes instead of two.
text: Diatoms are photosynthetic organisms...in fact some of the most abundant types!
text: Diatoms are photosynthetic eukaryotes and contribute substantially to global carbon fixation.
text: Most Diatoms are photosynthetic organisms meaning that they produce most of their energy by consuming Nitrates, Phosphates and photosynthesizing light.
text: Nearly all diatoms are photosynthetic and live in water less than about thirty feet deep, where sunlight can penetrate.
text: They are also among the most important aquatic microorganisms today: they are extremely abundant both in the plankton and in sediments in marine and freshwater ecosystems, and because they are photosynthetic they are an important food source for marine organisms.
text: Most diatoms are photosynthetic whereas a few of them are heterotrophs.
text: This extinction was also characterized by its limitation to solar radiation, necessary for diatoms which are photosynthetic.
text: The dinoflagelates, diatoms and Euglena-like flagellates are photosynthetic protists.
text: Diatoms are photosynthetic organisms referred to as algae with a length/diameter of between 2 and 500 microns.