Biology 107

 

 

9. What do holotrophic, saprophytic, and chemosynthetic mean?

Nutritional types

  1. holotrophic - engulfing (eating) the entire organism - animals
  2. saprophytic - feeding on dead material -decomposers
  3. chemosynthetic - using inorganic chemical bond energy (Iron and Sulphur) to manufacture new tissue. Primitive bacteria.