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pho·to·au·to·tro·phic (fo″to-aw″to-troґfik) requiring for growth only inorganic compounds with carbon dioxide as the sole source of carbon (autotrophic) and deriving energy from photosynthesis; said of algae and certain photosynthetic bacteria.Medical dictionary. 2011.
photoautotrophic — [fōt΄ō ôt΄ə träf′ik] adj. 〚 PHOTO + AUTOTROPHIC〛 able to manufacture organic foodstuffs from inorganic materials in the presence of light, as green plants and certain bacteria * * * See photoautotroph. * * * … Universalium
photoautotrophic — [fōt΄ō ôt΄ə träf′ik] adj. [ PHOTO + AUTOTROPHIC] able to manufacture organic foodstuffs from inorganic materials in the presence of light, as green plants and certain bacteria … English World dictionary
photoautotrophic — adjective Date: 1943 autotrophic and utilizing energy from light < green plants are photoautotrophic > • photoautotroph noun • photoautotrophically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
photoautotrophic — adjective of, or relating to a photoautotroph … Wiktionary
photoautotrophic — pho·to·autotrophic … English syllables
photoautotrophic — a. (of plants, etc.) capable of using light to synthesize food from inorganic substances … Dictionary of difficult words
photoautotrophic — … Useful english dictionary
photoautotrophic bacterium — an autotrophic bacterium capable of deriving energy from light … Medical dictionary
primary producer — Photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic organisms that incorporate carbon dioxide into organic carbon and thus provide new biomass for the ecosystem … Dictionary of microbiology
photoautotroph — photoautotrophic, adj. /foh toh aw teuh trof , trohf /, n. Biol. any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon. [1945 50; PHOTO + AUTOTROPH] * * * … Universalium
