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Heterotrophic nutrition is a mode of nutrition in which organisms depend upon other organisms for food to survive. They can't make their own food like Green plants. Heterotrophic organisms have to take in all the organic substances they need to survive.

All animals, certain types of fungi, and non-photosynthesizing plants are heterotrophic. In contrast, green plants, red algae, brown algae, and cyanobacteria are all autotrophs, which use photosynthesis to produce their own food from sunlight. Some fungi may be saprotrophic, meaning they will extracellularly secrete enzymes onto their food to be broken down into smaller, soluble molecules which can diffuse back into the fungus.

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replication process and also the separation of the genetic materials. Heterotrophic nutrition. Some live as saprophytes but the majority are parasites of plants...

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lichens and chordates, including vertebrates. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms. Heterotrophic nutrition means that fungi utilize extracellular sources of organic...

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the phylum Mastigophora. They can cause diseases and are typically heterotrophic. They reproduce by binary fission. They spend most of their existence...

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Staghorn coral

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Cyanobacteria

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Eating

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