The phrase "acquisition of nutrients" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, nutrition, or health, particularly when discussing how organisms obtain essential substances for growth and maintenance.
Example: "The acquisition of nutrients is vital for the survival of all living organisms, as it supports their metabolic processes."
Alternatives: "intake of nutrients" or "absorption of nutrients."
The degree of root branching impacts the efficiency of water uptake, acquisition of nutrients and anchorage by plants.
Unlike other termites, their diet is not based on lignocellulosic plant degradation, but on the consumption of the mineral-containing horizons for the acquisition of nutrients.
Shallow rooting is advantageous for acquisition of nutrients such as phosphorus from the topsoil, whereas deep rooting is favorable for acquisition of water from the subsoil under drought (Lynch 2013).
Great progress has been made in breeding nutrient-efficient crops by molecularly engineering root traits desirable for efficient acquisition of nutrients from soil, transporters for uptake, redistribution and homeostasis of nutrients, and enzymes for efficient assimilation.
For many years it was accepted that proteolytic enzymes functioned primarily in the acquisition of nutrients for growth and proliferation through the degradation of host tissues.
These defenses acting simultaneously, and probably complemented by unpalatable factors, would impair the acquisition of nutrients and toxify the predator rendering P. canaliculata eggs unusually well defended.
Direct fitness benefits, such as increased parental care [ 20], protection from predators [ 21, 22], and acquisition of nutrient-rich spermatophores or seminal fluid [ 8, 23], have been described in a number of species, most notably in insects [ 10, 21].
We also identified eight OPT genes encoding putative oligopeptide transporters which have been implicated in the acquisition of nutrient versatility thereby helping the pathogen to adapt to various host niches [ 42].
An alternative to improve NUE is to use plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), since these bacteria are able to increase root-system development and improve acquisition of nutrient including N [ 2, 3].
Briefly, Cd is absorbed by roots via transport pathways normally involved in the acquisition of mineral nutrients.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) play important role in acquisition of mineral nutrients, especially the slowly mobile ions such as phosphorus (Gazey et al. 2004).
