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The producer organisms are those that are capable of making their own food (also called autotrophs), whileconsumers They are those that obtain food from the environment that surrounds them (formally heterotrophs).
The essential condition for an organism to be considered a producer is that it be capable of generating organic matter from inorganic substances.
The most common source of energy that they use as an inert substance is that coming from sunlight, and their feeding process is not only a unilateral interaction in which they feed, but on the contrary, they release other substances.
In the case of beings that absorb sunlight (vegetables that practice photosynthesis, those with chlorophyll) release oxygen into the atmosphere, essential for life on Earth. Those that do not photosynthesize are chemoautotrophs, which extract energy from chemical reactions between inorganic substances.
See also: 10 Examples of Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Organisms
Role in the food chain
In this way, the name of producer organisms acquires another dimension which is that of produce substances for the consumption of all other species, which gives them a fundamental role in the food chain.
Dependence is total, even in the case of carnivorous animals because ultimately the organic composition of their prey comes from the autotrophic organs on which they fed.
See also: Examples of Food Chain
Examples of producer organisms
| The Cypress. | A cactus. |
| The Encino Tree. | The blackthorn. |
| The ferns. | The oak tree. |
| The Xantophyta, a freshwater algae. | Mosses |
| The rhizoclonium alga. | Colored bacteria. |
| The bushes. | The epidermal cells of aquatic plants. |
| Cyanophytic algae. | Unicellular algae, such as Nóstoc. |
| Photosynthetic Parenchymal Cells. | Chamomile |
| Spirulina. | Epicarp of fruits in formation |
| Sage | Rhodomicrobium bacteria |
| Pericarp of fruits in formation. | The grass. |
| Herbs. | Fern cells. |
| The herb Melisa. | The Rhodocyclaceae bacteria. |
| The rhodosprillales bacteria. | The weeping willow. |
| The alga coleochaete. | The olive tree. |
The consumer organisms They are all those who need others to feed themselves, that is, they must consume elements already constituted in nature. Furthermore, its feeding process does not have the characteristic of having an additional production to consumption, but rather is limited to self nutrition only, and the organic matter they consume must have already been synthesized.
All the animals and mushrooms They are part of this group, which makes them in a certain sense a closed group among living beings: heterotrophs always feed on another living being, and can in turn serve as food for other living beings.
Consuming organisms are in turn classified into a group that comprises almost the entirety, which is that of those that uses the chemical energy that they extract directly from organic matter (chemoorganotrophs), and the photorganotrophs which are the ones that are capable of energy synthesis when they lack light while feeding on other living beings in its absence.
Examples of consumer agencies
| Tigers | Rodents |
| Fox. | Buffalos |
| Hepatocytes. | Parasites |
| Elephants | B and T lymphocytes. |
| Escherichia coli. | Elephants |
| Mushrooms. | Marmots |
| Red blood cells. | Edwardsiella takes. |
| Saprobes. | Rhino. |
| Shark. | Corolus versicolor. |
| Dogs. | Check them out. |
| Symbiotes. | Human beings. |
| Osteocytes. | Yersinia pestis. |
| Rabbits | Chicken. |
| Salmonella choleraseuis. | Protozoa. |
| Cats | Reishi mushrooms. |
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