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What another name for a heterotroph?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/27/2021

Another word is "consumer."

All animals are, by definition, heterotrophs; they cannot synthesize their own food and so must eat other organisms for the organic compounds necessary for survival. However most fungi, and many bacteria and protozoa are also heterotrophic.

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Candido Kohler

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3y ago

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