Certain organisms recycle metabolic waste products internally
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SUPPORTED
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Certain organisms recycle metabolic waste products internally, as seen in symbiotic nitrogen recycling and microbial community metabolic networks.
Evidence for · 2
Metabolic network analysis reveals microbial community interactions in anammox granules
2017 · cited by 805
Paper [4] describes microbial communities where heterotrophic bacteria recycle metabolic byproducts such as nitrate and nitrite within anammox granules.
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Host-dependent nitrogen recycling as a mechanism of symbiont control in Aiptasia
2019 · cited by 123
Paper [11] demonstrates that the host organism regulates and recycles waste ammonium internally to synthesize amino acids in symbiotic relationships.