photolithotrophicadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊlɪθəˈtrɒfɪk/, /ˌfəʊtəʊlɪθəˈtrəʊfɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌlɪθəˈtrɑfɪk/ Biology.
Relating to or characterized by photolithotrophy.
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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > photosynthesizing or photosynthesized
photosynthetic1897
photosynthesizing1905
photosynthesized1910
phototrophic1921
photoautotrophic1939
photoheterotrophic1945
photoorganotrophic1951
photolithotrophic1954
photorespiratory1968
photorespiring1969
photorespired1970
1954 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 41 777/2 This organism appears then to be a photo-organotroph..but its relation to the photolithotrophic algae..must await further work.
1972 T. W. Goodwin & E. I. Mercer Introd. Plant Biochem. i. 3 The phototrophic bacteria are subdivided into photolithotrophic bacteria (e.g. green and purple sulphur bacteria) whose growth is dependent on exogenous inorganic hydrogen donors..and photo-organotrophic bacteria (e.g. purple, non-sulphur bacteria) whose growth is dependent on exogenous organic hydrogen donors. The biochemistry of photolithotrophic bacteria is related to that of green plants.
1995 Science (Nexis) 6 Oct. 59 The anaerobic ecosystem established by the sulfate-reducing bacteria and their photolithotrophic and chemolithotrophic counterparts provided one of the first biological contributions to biogeochemical cycling.
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ˌphotolithoˈtrophically adv.
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1965 Science 5 Nov. 776/1 Enzyme prepared from photolithotrophically grown cells differed in several properties from enzyme prepared from photoorganotrophically grown cells.
1990 New Phytologist 116 3/1 To extend to Mn the type of analysis used by Raven (1988) to study Fe and Mo, for organisms growing photolithotrophically relative to photo-organotrophically and chemo-organotrophically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1954