It means self-feeder. This is the lowest level on the food web/chain.
ex. bacteria or fungi
autoroph is a bottom feeder or the lowest of the food chain autoroph is a bottom feeder or the lowest of the food chain
An autotroph is an organism that can make its own energy using sources such as sunlight. Examples include all plants and some forms of bacteria.
gymnosperms are autorophic because they are plants and plants make their own food.
this is an example of a food chain. or the lion is a secondary consumer, which eats (primary consumers) which would be the zebra the zebra eat's (primary producers or autoroph) which would be grass. :) **