heterotrophy
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heterotrophy — noun see heterotrophic … New Collegiate Dictionary
heterotrophy — noun The state of being a heterotroph … Wiktionary
heterotrophy — The ability or requirement to synthesize all metabolites from organic compounds. * * * het·er·ot·ro·phy (het″ər otґrə fe) heterotrophia … Medical dictionary
heterotrophy — n. condition in which an organism derives energy from externally produced organic compounds (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
heterotrophy — het·er·ot·ro·phy … English syllables
heterotrophy — noun see heterotroph … Useful english dictionary
Myco-heterotrophy — Monotropa uniflora, an obligate myco heterotroph known to parasitize fungi belonging to the Russulaceae.[1] Myco heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food… … Wikipedia
protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… … Universalium
protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… … Universalium
Mixotroph — A mixotroph is a microorganism that can use a mix of different sources of energy and carbon. Possible are alternations between photo and chemotrophy, between litho and organotrophy, between auto and heterotrophy or a combination of it. Mixotrophs … Wikipedia
