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What does heterotroph mean?

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  1. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own.
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A heterotroph has a range of meanings in biology: An organism which requires complex external sources for nutrition.
According to the heterotroph hypothesis, hydrogen was not a chief component of the atmosphere when life began.
This research illustrates microbial instability in hospital water line from point of heterotroph bacteria amplification.
A heterotroph is any organism that requires organic subtrates inorder to survive. Basically, a heterotroph is a consumer which must take food.
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot fix carbon from inorganic sources but uses organic carbon for growth.
The iron-oxidizing heterotroph designated SCL2 was cultivated in glycerol salts medium containing 50 mM FeSO4.

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