phototrophic

phototrophic
pho·to·troph·ic .fōt-ə-'träf-ik, -'trōf- adj capable of utilizing carbon dioxide in the presence of light as a source of metabolic carbon <\phototrophic bacteria>

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pho·to·tro·phic (fo″to-troґfik) [photo- + -trophic] capable of deriving energy from light, as in certain green plants and bacteria. Cf. chemotrophic.

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