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phototroph
[foh-tuh-trof, -trohf]
noun
Biology.
any organism that uses light as its principal source of energy.
phototroph
/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒfɪk, ˈfəʊtəʊˌtrɒf /
noun
an organism that obtains energy from sunlight for the synthesis of organic compounds
phototroph
An organism that manufactures its own food from inorganic substances using light for energy. Green plants, certain algae, and photosynthetic bacteria are phototrophs.
Also called photoautotroph
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Other 51Թ Forms
- phototrophic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phototroph1
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"Here we have a single gene, and we're just yanking it across contexts into a lineage that's never been a phototroph before, and it just works," says Burnetti.
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