💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Autotrophy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| autotrophnoun | (ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. |
| phototrophynoun | (biology) The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy. |
| photoautotrophnoun | (biochemistry, organic chemistry) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy |
| photoautotrophismnoun | (biology) autotrophism that uses light as a source of energy |
| lithoautotrophynoun | (biology) A form of chemoautotrophy in which organisms utilise energy from minerals and other inorganic material |
| autotrophismnoun | Synonym of autotrophy. |
| photoheterotrophynoun | (biology) The generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide |
| photolithoautotrophnoun | Any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source. |
| chemoautotrophynoun | (biology) A mode of growth in which CO₂ is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is derived from chemical processes rather than light. |
| photolithoautotrophynoun | The condition of being a photolithoautotroph. |
| organotrophynoun | (biology) The condition of an organism obtaining its energy from organic compounds. |
| organoautotrophynoun | A form of mixotrophy based on the oxidation of organic matter to carbon dioxide |
| prototrophnoun | (biology) Any microorganism that can synthesize its nutrients from inorganic material |
| mixotrophynoun | (biology) The derivation of metabolic energy from a combination of photosynthesis and an external energy source. |
| chemotrophynoun | (biology) The synthesis of an organism's energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment. |
| photoautotrophynoun | The condition of being a photoautotroph. |
| chemoautotrophnoun | (biology) a simple microorganism, such as a prokaryote (bacteria and Archaea), that derives its energy from chemical processes rather than photosynthesis |
| lithoautotrophnoun | (biology) A microbe that takes energy from reduced compounds of minerals. |
| chemolithoautotrophynoun | The condition of being chemolithoautotrophic |
| photolithotrophnoun | A lithotroph that obtains energy from light and therefore uses inorganic electron donors only to fuel biosynthetic reactions. |
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