Heterotroph

heterotrophic
pertaining to organisms that are unable to manufacture their food and hence are parasites that are unlike in their genetic content; contrast to autotrophic ...
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Heterotrophs are unable to synthesize organic, carbon based compounds independently from the inorganic environment's sources (e.g. Animalia, unlike Plantae, cannot photosynthesize) and therefore must obtain their nutrition from another heterotroph or ...
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Heterotroph
A heterotroph (Greek heteron = (an)other and trophe = nutrition) is an organism that requires organic substrates to get its carbon for growth and development. Contrast with autotrophs which use carbon dioxide as sole carbon source.
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A heterotroph that uses light to generate energy.
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Heterotrophic Nutrition
All other organisms, including ourselves, are heterotrophs. We secure all our energy from organic molecules taken in from our surroundings ("food").
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heterotrophs Organisms that obtain their nutrition by breaking down organic molecules in foods; include animals and fungi.
heterozygous Having two different alleles (one dominant, one recessive) of a gene pair.
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Heterotrophic
The ability of an organism to use an organic molecule as carbon source.
Heterozygote
A diploid or partially diploid organism with different alleles of one or more particular genes.
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Heterotrophic algae. Algae that take up organic molecules as a primary source of nutrition
Heterozygote. With respect to a given genetic locus, a diploid individual carrying two different alleles ...
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heterotroph
(het-ur-oh-trohf) [Gk. heteros, other, different + trophos, feeder]
An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products.
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heterotrophic: species that acquire food from organic matter.
heterozygous: two different alleles that are present for a particular characteristic.
hindbrain: the portion of the brain that consists of the medulla, pons, and cerebellum.
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heterotrophic An organism that obtains its food from other organisms.
heterotrophic theory A theory of the origin of life which proposes that the first organisms obtained nutrition from the spontaneous formation of organic molecules derived from ...
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Heterotroph organism which ingests other food
(hetero = other different; troph = food nourish nourishment)
Heterozygote an individual with a pair of two different alleles
(hetero = other different; zygo = yoke) ...
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heterotroph
An organism dependent on obtaining organic food from the environment because it is unable to synthesize organic material.
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heterotroph An organism that requires complex nutrient molecules, such as glucose, as an energy source. heterotropic enzyme An allosteric enzyme requiring a molecule other than its substrate as a modulator.
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The thermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga maritima, is a heterotrophic organism capable of metabolizing complex carbohydrates such as cellulose and xylan.
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Heterotrophic acidophiles belonging to the genera Acidiphilium and Acidocella are found frequently, often in close association with A. ferrooxidans.
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Identify autotrophs, heterotrophs, decomposers in an ecosystem.
Identify a food chain within a food web.
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The water is also clearer, has higher oxygen levels, and freshwater fish such as trout and heterotrophs can be found there.
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