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Autotrophy

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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
autotrophismnounSynonym of autotrophy.
photoheterotrophynoun(biology) The generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide
photolithoautotrophnounAny 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.
photolithoautotrophynounThe condition of being a photolithoautotroph.
organotrophynoun(biology) The condition of an organism obtaining its energy from organic compounds.
organoautotrophynounA 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.
photoautotrophynounThe 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.
chemolithoautotrophynounThe condition of being chemolithoautotrophic
photolithotrophnounA lithotroph that obtains energy from light and therefore uses inorganic electron donors only to fuel biosynthetic reactions.

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