The Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering, Second Edition
ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE (ATP)
Chemical energy is stored in the bonds of ATP. A considerable amount of this energy is released when certain bonds are broken and this is the energy which operates all autotrophic and heterotrophic microbial cells, see Autotrophic. see Heterotrophic
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