Replies: Fungi are heterotrophic organisms that must obtain energy by absorbing it from food (just as we do!)

Natronococcus is a heterotrophic, aerobic organism that can use sugars as a nitrogen source to stimulate growth.

Kamera lens is a free-living, swimming, heterotrophic organism.

In common with other fungal phyla, the Ascomycota are heterotrophic organisms that require organic compounds as energy sources.

Secondary production is the generation of biomass of heterotrophic (consumer) organisms in a system.

Bacterivores are free-living, generally heterotrophic organisms, exclusively microscopic, which obtain energy and nutrients primarily or entirely from the consumption of bacteria.

Tintinnids are heterotrophic aquatic organisms.

Roombia truncata is a species of katablepharids, which are heterotrophic single-celled organisms.

Precipitation is biotically controlled by heterotrophic organisms, sometimes in association with photo-autotrophic organisms such as red algae.

With animals: Fungi lack chloroplasts and are heterotrophic organisms and so require preformed organic compounds as energy sources.