0 (of a living thing) getting its food from other plants or animals, or relating to such living things:
The results of these two experiments might best be explained by a gradual failure of heterotrophic metabolism.
Technique for enumeration of heterotrophic and phototrophic nanoplankton, using epifluorescence microscopy, and comparison with other procedures.
Thus, heterotrophic protozoa may act as an essential pathway for dissolved organic matter and as important consumers of bacteria in tank bromeliads.
The system comprises a single particulate species (heterotrophic biomass) and a single solute species, oxygen.
A heterotrophic system (one incapable of manufacturing its food), for example, may be supported by importing food from autotrophic systems located elsewhere.
The samples were tested for the presence of organic material and the total cfus for heterotrophic bacteria were determined.