----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Osbourne, Holmes 
  To: silver-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:51 AM
  Subject: RE: CS>Strength


  Does anyone know what heterotrophic means?:

  "heterotrophic activities of the microbial flora"

  James-Osbourne: Holmes

  Hi James,
  Hetero. Other,different
  Trophic. Of nutrition. (but it's used in terms of growth, action on something 
i.e the gonadotrophic hormones work or have action upon the gonads)
  As far as I'm aware virtually all bacteria are h/trophic and all animals.
  It's eating (and assimilation).