heterotrophic
1heterotrophic — [het΄ər ōträf′ik, het΄ər əträf′ik, het΄ər ō΄trō′fik, het΄ər ətrō′fik] adj. [ HETERO + TROPHIC] obtaining food from organic material only; unable to use inorganic matter to form proteins and carbohydrates: cf. AUTOTROPHIC …
2Heterotrophic nutrition — Heterotrophic nutritionAnimals, fungi, many prokaryotes and protoctists are unable to synthesize organic compounds to use as food. They are called heterotrophs.Heterotrophic organisms have to acquire and take in all the organic substances they… …
3Heterotrophic picoplankton — is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm that do not perform photosynthesis. Cells can be either : * prokaryotes Main|Bacterioplankton Archaea form a major part of the picoplankton in the antarctic and are abundant in… …
4heterotrophic assimilation — heterotrofinė asimiliacija statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Sudėtingų junginių sintezė organizme iš organinių maisto medžiagų. atitikmenys: angl. heterotrophic assimilation rus. гетеротрофная ассимиляция …
5heterotrophic organisms — heterotrofai statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Organizmai, mintantys gatavomis organinėmis medžiagomis, kurias sintetina autotrofai. Tai parazitiniai augalai, grybai, dauguma mikroorganizmų, visi gyvūnai, taip pat ir žmogus.… …
6heterotrophic — adjective Date: 1893 requiring complex organic compounds of nitrogen and carbon (as that obtained from plant or animal matter) for metabolic synthesis compare autotrophic • heterotrophically adverb • heterotrophy noun …
7heterotrophic — /het euhr euh trof ik, troh fik/, adj. Biol. capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food. [1890 95; HETERO + TROPHIC] * * * …
8heterotrophic — adjective Being a heterotroph …
9heterotrophic — 1. Relating to or exhibiting the properties of heterotrophy. 2. Relating to a heterotroph. * * * het·ero·tro·phic .het ə rə trō fik adj requiring complex organic compounds of nitrogen and carbon (as that obtained from plant or animal matter) for… …
10heterotrophic — adj. deriving energy from externally produced organic compounds (Biology) …