| 释义 |
heterotroph Biol.|ˈhɛtərəʊtrəʊf|
Also -trophe.
[f. hetero- + Gr. τροϕός feeder.]
Any organism which requires an external supply of energy contained in complex organic compounds to maintain its existence.
1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 311/1 Heterotroph, employed by Pfeffer to denote a pure saprophyte. 1959New Scientist 7 May 1002/3 The evolutionary steps..were first, the formation of what he calls heterotrophes, organisms that absorbed as their nutrients organic substances dissolved in the seas in which they lived. 1971Hawker & Linton Micro-organisms v. 145 Fungi, most protozoa, and many bacteria are heterotrophs. |