Requiring organic substrates for growth and development; being incapable of synthesizing required organic materials from inorganic sources.
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an organism that cannot produce its own energy. A heterotrophic organism must obtain its energy from external sources (by eating other organisms). See autotrophic.
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1. Relating to or exhibiting the properties of heterotrophy. ... 2. Relating to a heterotroph. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(het″әr-o-tro´fik) unable to synthesize metabolic products from inorganic materials; requiring complex organic substances (growth factors) for nutrition.
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Refers to organisms that are dependent upon outside sources for growth, being incapable of synthesising required organic materials from inorganic sources. Heterotrophs obtain their food from other organisms, living or dead.
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Comprise organisms that are not self-sustaining; that is, they derive energy from the oxidation of organic compounds either by consumption or absorption of other organisms.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: het′ĕr-ō-trof′ik Definitions: 1. Relating to or exhibiting the properties of heterotrophy. 2. Relating to a heterotroph.
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(Gk: heteros other; trophos feeder; other-feeder) requiring a supply of food from the environment. All animals and a few plants are heterotrophic. (opposite: holophytic, autotrophic, phototrophic)
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adj] - (botany) requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment
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heterotrophic, heterotrophy 1. Obtaining nourishment from exogenous organic material; a reference to organisms unable to synthesize organic compounds from inorganic substrates. 2. A reference to plants occurring in a wide range of habitats on a wide variety of soil types, and of protistans (algae, fungi, and protozoans) utilizing a wide variety of...
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heterotroph, heterotrophic 1. Referring to plants occurring in a wide range of habitats on a wide variety of soil types, and of protistans (algae, fungi, and protozoans, et al.) utilizing a wide variety of food materials. 2. An organism, such as any animal or fungus or almost any bacterium, that is unable to synthesize organic compounds from inorga...
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adjective requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment; `most animals are heterotrophic`
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Refers to organisms, such as animals, that depend on preformed organic molecules from the environment (or another organism) as a source of nutrients/energy.
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A mode of nutrition in which the consumer relies upon molecules created by other organisms for energy and nutrients. Either osmotrophic (absorbing soluble organic matter) or phagotrophic (ingesting particles of food).
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