autotrophes

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | 356 words | Copyright

autotrophes Organisms that can synthesize all the compounds required for growth from simple inorganic salts, as distinct from heterotrophes, which must be supplied with complex organic compounds. Plants are autotrophes, whereas animals are heterotrophes. Bacteria may be of either type; heterotrophic bacteria are responsible for food spoilage and disease.

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