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The 21 pages that link to Biological carbon fixation, each with the reason it gives.

• Primary productionRelated: It is the defining chemical step that turns inorganic carbon into biomass.

• Calvin cycleNarrower topic: The cycle is photosynthesis’s central route for converting atmospheric carbon into organic compounds.

• ChemosynthesisRelated: Chemosynthetic organisms use carbon fixation to turn chemical energy into biomass.

• Green algaeRelated: Green algae turn dissolved or atmospheric carbon into the biomass that supports aquatic food webs.

• Oxygenic photosynthesisRelated: It connects photosynthetic energy capture to the formation of biomass.

• PlastidRelated: Photosynthetic plastids fix carbon, supporting plant growth and food webs.

• PhotorespirationNarrower topic: Photorespiration diverts RuBisCO from carbon fixation and can release previously fixed carbon.

• ChemolithotrophyRelated: Many chemolithotrophs use oxidation energy to build biomass from carbon dioxide.

• Carbon mineralizationCompared with: Biological fixation stores carbon in organic matter rather than in carbonate minerals.

• AlgaeRelated: Algae fix dissolved carbon dioxide into biomass, supporting aquatic ecosystems and carbon cycling.

• Anoxygenic photosynthesisRelated: The energy and reducing power from anoxygenic photosynthesis can support this process.

• RuBisCONarrower topic: RuBisCO performs the first carbon-fixation step in the Calvin cycle.

• AutotrophRelated: It is the central process by which autotrophs build organic matter from inorganic carbon.

• Dresser FormationRelated: Carbon-isotope signatures in the formation have been examined as possible traces of biological carbon fixation.

• ZooxanthellaeRelated: Photosynthetic carbon fixation provides the organic products transferred to coral hosts.

• ChlorophytaRelated: Its photosynthetic members fix carbon using pathways such as the Calvin cycle.

• HeterotrophCompared with: Heterotrophs consume fixed carbon rather than fixing inorganic carbon as their primary carbon source.

• Melvin CalvinNarrower topic: Calvin’s work mapped one of the best-known routes by which carbon is fixed.

• AquificotaRelated: Chemolithotrophic Aquificota can couple inorganic energy sources to carbon fixation.

• Ocean surface ecosystemRelated: Surface photosynthesis fixes carbon that enters marine food webs and ocean carbon storage.

• Plant metabolismRelated: It turns atmospheric carbon into the molecular starting material for plant biomass.