heterotroph

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -troph.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/, /hɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)ˈtɹɒf/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛɾəɹəˌtɹoʊf/, /-ˌtɹɒf/

Noun

heterotroph (plural heterotrophs)

  1. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own.
    • 2013 March 1, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 83:
      It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

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Adjective

heterotroph (not comparable)

  1. heterotrophic

Declension
Declension of heterotroph
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist heterotroph sie ist heterotroph es ist heterotroph sie sind heterotroph
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative heterotropher heterotrophe heterotrophes heterotrophe
genitive heterotrophen heterotropher heterotrophen heterotropher
dative heterotrophem heterotropher heterotrophem heterotrophen
accusative heterotrophen heterotrophe heterotrophes heterotrophe
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der heterotrophe die heterotrophe das heterotrophe die heterotrophen
genitive des heterotrophen der heterotrophen des heterotrophen der heterotrophen
dative dem heterotrophen der heterotrophen dem heterotrophen den heterotrophen
accusative den heterotrophen die heterotrophe das heterotrophe die heterotrophen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein heterotropher eine heterotrophe ein heterotrophes (keine) heterotrophen
genitive eines heterotrophen einer heterotrophen eines heterotrophen (keiner) heterotrophen
dative einem heterotrophen einer heterotrophen einem heterotrophen (keinen) heterotrophen
accusative einen heterotrophen eine heterotrophe ein heterotrophes (keine) heterotrophen

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