heterotroph
Word details
- German meaning
- Heterotroph bedeutet, dass ein Organismus organische Substanzen als Nahrungsquelle benötigt, da er diese nicht selbst herstellen kann.
- English meaning
- Heterotrophic means that an organism requires organic substances as a source of food because it cannot produce them itself.
- Synonym
- fremdernährt, nicht autotroph
- German example
- Menschen sind heterotrophe Lebewesen.
- English example
- Humans are heterotrophic organisms.
Related words
- auxoheterotroph
An auxoheterotroph is an organism that requires organic compounds as a carbon source and additionally requires specific organic growth factors (such as vitamins) that it cannot synthesize itself.