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photoautotroph
[ foh-toh-aw-tuh-trof, -trohf ]
noun
Biology.
- any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.
photoautotroph
/ ō′tō-ô′ə-ٰŏ′,-ٰō′ /
- See phototroph
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Other 51Թ Forms
- t·t·ٰDZi adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of photoautotroph1
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Example Sentences
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Studies of cultures of —the most abundant photoautotroph in the oligotrophic oceans—show that vesicles are continually released by this cyanobacterium and are abundant in the marine environment.
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