hm...can i ask u sth?
i quote "The anaerobic heterotrophs will perform denitrification."
denitrification is a process where no3 is converted to n2 gas rite?
so no3 is food for the heterotrophs ya?
according to "Autotroph meaning the organism is able to synthesize its own food from inorganic substances and heterotroph meaning
an organism that cannot synthesize its own food and dependent on organic substances."
since no3 is not an organic compound since it contains no C atoms...so the anaerobic bact doesn't feed on organic comp so according to yr definition, shouldn't the anaerobic bacts be called autotrophs instead of heterotrophs?
jus sth that puzzled me...no offense to shoot u blueheaven