an organism requiring a supply of organic material as food.
an organism that obtains nourishment from outside sources and must obtain its carbon from organic carbon compounds (see autotroph)
An organism that consumes other organisms to meet its energy needs.
Any organism that consumes organic matter as a source of energy. Such an organism is said to be beterotrophic.
Other-feeder: opposite of autotroph. Organism that obtains energy by synthesizing/eating other organisms or their by-products.
organisms that feed on organic matter (i.e., other plants and animals), and are unable to make their own food.
an organism which can not make its own energy
an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
a creature that must ingest biomass to obtain its energy and nutrition
an organism that cannot produce its natural food by itself, feeding from other organisms or their byproducts
an organism that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic substances and therefore must take in preformed organic compounds
an organism that cannot synthesize their own food and must obtian it ready made
an organism that obtains their nutrition by breaking down organic molecules in foods
An organism that depends for its nourishment on organic matter already produced by other organisms. All animals and fungi are heterotrophs. Parasitic plants and many bacteria also exhibit heterotrophism.
an organism that obtains its organic matter from the environment (usually from autotrophs); a consumer
An organism that obtains preformed organic compounds from its environment. It is unable to synthesize organic material. All animals, fungi, many bacteria, and a few insectivorous flowering plants are heterotrophs.
Organisms which utilize organic food sources; chemoorganotrophs.
An organism that requires one or more organic compounds for growth, and is considered the same as chemoorganotroph; a system of nutrition that requires preformed organic molecules as a source of energy. (contrast - autotroph).
Organisms that receive their nourishment by eating other organisms e.g. plants.
an organism that relies on other organisms for food
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
Organism that must ingest food. It does not make its own food.
An organism that is incapable of synthesizing its own food and, therefore, must feed upon organic compounds produced by other organisms.
Organisms which are not capable of producing their own food.
An organism that is unable to synthesize organic compounds (and thus its energy) from the environment and therefore fulfils its energy requirements by feeding on other organisms or organic matter. Compare autotroph.
Organism requiring organic compounds as food source.
A heterotroph (or consumer) is a living thing that eats other living things to survive. It cannot make its own food (unlike plants, which are autotrophs). Animals are heterotrophs.
any organism that derives energy from the oxidation of organic compounds and most or all of its carbon from the assimilation of pre-formed and ingested/absorbed organic compounds; see also chemoorganotroph.
(het´ er oh trof) [Gr. heteros: different + trophe: food] • An organism that requires preformed organic molecules as food. (Contrast with autotroph.)
An organism that is other-nourished; obtains energy from the breakdown of complex organic substances; a consumer (see primary consumers, secondary consumers).
organism that obtains energy and materials by eating other organisms, contrast with autotroph.
An organism with a requirement for energy-rich organic molecules (animals, fungi and most bacteria).
An organism that depends on consumption of other organisms and organic material for energy.
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition. Examples of heterotrophs include mammals.
n: Literally, "eats others." An organism that must consume other organisms to fuel its metabolism. Animals, including humans, are heterotrophs. Heterotrophic, adj.
An organism that obtains its food from other organisms, living or dead. ( 20)
A heterotroph (Greek heterone = (an)other and trophe = nutrition) is an organism that requires organic substrates to get its carbon for growth and development. A heterotroph is known as a consumer in the food chain. Contrast with autotrophs which use inorganic carbon dioxide or bicarbonate as sole carbon source.