heterotroph

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İngilizce - Türkçe
(Biyokimya) yanbeslek
(Çevre) heterotrof
İngilizce - İngilizce
An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
An organism that is unable to synthesize organic compounds from the environment and therefore fulfils its energy requirements by feeding on other organisms or organic matter
Organism that must consume energy rich organic molecules for survival Energy is released from these molecules through the chemical process respiration Also see carnivores, herbivores and detritivores
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition Examples of heterotrophs include mammals
An organism that consumes other organisms to meet its energy needs
an organism that cannot manufacture its own food, and therefore requires external sources of energy
{i} organism which derives energy from externally produced organic compounds (Biology)
An organism that obtains its carbon and energy from organic compounds by feeding on the tissues of autotrophs (producers) or of other heterotrophs (consumers)
An organism dependent on obtaining organic food from the environment because it is unable to synthesize organic material They (animals, fungi, many bacteria, and a few flowering plants) obtain almost all their organic material either directly or indirectly from the activity of autotrophs
An organism with a requirement for energy-rich organic molecules (animals, fungi and most bacteria)
an oraganism that obtains organic food molecules (carbon) by eating other organisms or their by-products
Other-feeder: opposite of autotroph Organism that obtains energy by synthesizing/eating other organisms or their by-products
an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
Organism capable of deriving carbon and energy for growth and cell synthesis from organic compounds; generally also obtain energy and reducing power equivalents from organic compounds
An organism that is incapable of synthesizing its own food and, therefore, must feed upon organic compounds produced by other organisms