Most animals are heterotrophic. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Man is simply not an animal": an animal is biologically defined as a heterotrophic multicellular eukaryote that lacks cell walls. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Finally, the Chordata are placed with all the other phyla of living creatures that are multicellular and "heterotrophic" (meaning they have to eat), into a "kingdom," Animalia. From Wordnik.com. [Lazarus, Elvis, zombies and Jimmy Hoffa] Reference
Protists which rely on aquiring pre-formed organic matter are heterotrophic. From Wordnik.com. [Marine microbes] Reference
“Replicators first” models are conflated with heterotrophic metabolism models. From Wordnik.com. [Abiogenesis: How plausible are the current models? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Mixotrophic and heterotrophic nanoflagellate grazing in the convergence zone east of New Zealand. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Shelf large marine ecosystem] Reference
However, increased temperature leads also to increased heterotrophic (soil microorganism) respiration. From Wordnik.com. [Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic] Reference
Some of the organic matter produced in plants is passed down to heterotrophic animals through consumption. From Wordnik.com. [Carbon cycle] Reference
Enumeration and identification of heterotrophic bacteria from drinking water (EPA/600/2) by James T Staley. From Wordnik.com. [Is Your Drinking Water Safe, and what can you do about it?] Reference
With greater temperature increases, heterotrophic respiration is stimulated more and the projected carbon gain is less. From Wordnik.com. [Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic] Reference
Coliform bacteria was detected in 48% of the beverages and 20% had a heterotrophic plate count greater than 500 cfu/ml. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Say Half Of All Soda Fountains Harbor Fecal Bacteria - The Consumerist] Reference
Protozoa are the oldest known group of heterotrophic life-that consume and transforms complex food particles into energy. From Wordnik.com. [Protozoa] Reference
In the time after a fire during which appreciable tree mortality occurred, the majority of respiration shifts from autotrophic to heterotrophic. From Wordnik.com. [Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic] Reference
Ecosystem respiration has two major components, RA (autotrophic or plant respiration) and RH (heterotrophic or animal plus microbial respiration). From Wordnik.com. [Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on function of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term] Reference
Obviously, these types of organisms, the so-called heterotrophic organisms, are absolutely dependent on supplies of organic material, occurring outside themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961 - Presentation Speech] Reference
For example, although most dinoflagellates are either photosynthetic producers or heterotrophic consumers, some species can do both, depending upon the circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Plankton] Reference
However, there are large uncertainties, including the response of heterotrophic respiration, nutrient cycling, permafrost dynamics, land-cover change, and scaling issues. From Wordnik.com. [Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic] Reference
Microbial autotrophic and heterotrophic eucaryotes in Antarctic waters: relationships between biomass and chlorophyll, adenosine triphosphate and particulate organic carbon. From Wordnik.com. [Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota] Reference
Wright proposed to define HANPP as the difference in NPP available in (hypothetical) undisturbed ecosystems and the amount of NPP actually available to support heterotrophic food chains. From Wordnik.com. [Global human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP)] Reference
In the sea, autotrophic respiration is thought to account for about 58 Pg of the dissolved inorganic carbon in surface waters each year, with the contribution of heterotrophic respiration being 34 Pg C. Vulcanism. From Wordnik.com. [Carbon dioxide] Reference
They discovered a heterotrophic algae, in reality a protist, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Break] Reference
There are more photosynthetic organism than heterotrophic organisms. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
A well-developed community of heterotrophic flagellates grazes on the bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Fungi are heterotrophic eukaryotes, while plants are autotrophic eukaryotes. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A similar amount, about 55 Pg C, is emitted as a result of heterotrophic respiration. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
The other ones are heterotrophic so they are able to absorb their food and ingest it. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Carbon dioxide effects on heterotrophic dinitrogen fixation in a temperate pine forest. From Wordnik.com. [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference
Denitrification is also common in anaerobic soils and is carried out by heterotrophic bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
In the second sense, when your line is heterotrophic for beneficial traits, you can do inbreeding to make them homozygous (set the trait). From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
+ / Ca2+ action potentials during environmental sensing and signalling could be widespread among both heterotrophic and autotrophic marine protists. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The Montreal study showed that heterotrophic bacteria counts, in more than 70 percent of bottled water samples, exceed the recommended limits specified by the. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
The Viking researchers thought life on Mars would be heterotrophic, feeding off abundant organic compounds distributed everywhere all over the Martian surface. From Wordnik.com. [SEEDMAGAZINE.COM] Reference
Marine diatoms are a particularly successful group of phytoplankton that arose as a result of secondary endosymbiosis of a red algal cell by a heterotrophic eukaryote. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
+ permeable conductances have been observed in a heterotrophic dinoflagellate alveolate. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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