photolithotrophn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪθətrɒf/, /ˌfəʊtəʊˈlɪθətrəʊf/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈlɪθəˌtrɑf/ Biology.
A photolithotrophic organism.
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photoorganotroph1954
photolithotroph1958
1958 R. Y. Stanier et al. Gen. Microbiol. 669 The most familiar examples of the photolithotrophs are the green plants, which use water as a hydrogen donor in photosynthesis.
1976 Nature 18 Mar. 200/2 Photolithotrophs such as Thiorhodaceae or purple sulphur bacteria and Chlorobacteriaceae or green sulphur bacteria, learned, through photochemical promotion, to use inorganic reductants as electron donors.
2002 Science (Nexis) 25 Jan. 641 Oxygen-evolving marine photolithotrophs are able to grow in very low light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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