photolithotrophyn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)lᵻˈθɒtrəfi/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊləˈθɑtrəfi/ Biology.
A form of phototrophic nutrition in which a simple inorganic compound is oxidized in the course of photosynthesis (as in green plants, which oxidize water to produce oxygen). Opposed to photoorganotrophy n.
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photolithotrophy1947
photoorganotrophy1947
1947 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 11 302 The following terminology is hereby proposed to characterize nutritional types [of microorganism]... A. Phototrophy. Energy chiefly provided by photochemical reaction. 1. Photolithotrophy. Growth dependent on exogenous inorganic H-donors. 2. Photoorganotrophy. Growth dependent on exogenous organic H-donors. B. Chemotrophy. Energy provided entirely by dark chemical reaction.
1969 F. E. Round Introd. Lower Plants i. 2 Photolithotrophy is the common photosynthesis of plants possessing chlorophyll a and using water as the hydrogen donor.
1999 Functional Ecol. 13 11/1 Some Lower Palaeozoic gametophytes..are larger than the minimum size consistent with the occurrence of homoiohydric photolithotrophy.
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