heterotroph (Crossword)
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Definitions of “heterotroph”
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• A microorganism that obtains its carbon, as well as its energy
• An organism, such as any animal or fungus or almost any bacterium
• Organism that must consume energy rich organic molecules for survival
• Organisms which obtain energy and materials by eating other organisms
• An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
• Organism that uses fixed organic carbon compounds as its carbon source
• A heterotroph is an organism that is unable to obtain its carbon from carbon dioxide
• Any living organism that obtains its energy from organic substances produced by other organisms
• (chemoorganotrophy) an organism that requires organic substrates to obtain its carbon for growth and development
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