photoautotrophyn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊɔːˈtɒtrəfi/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˌɔˈtɑtrəfi/, /ˌfoʊdoʊˌɑˈtɑtrəfi/ Biology.
Photoautotrophic nutrition; the condition of being a photoautotroph.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun] > conditions of
plasticity1858
modification1875
tolerance1898
autotrophy1900
heterotrophism1900
sympatry1904
heterotrophy1930
zootrophy1930
chemoautotrophism1943
chemolithotrophy1947
chemoorganotrophy1947
chemotrophy1947
chemoautotrophy1949
prototrophy1949
auxotrophy1953
photoautotrophy1961
photoheterotrophy1961
opportunism1967
chemoheterotrophy1972
chemolithoautotrophy1976
psychrotolerance1977
1961 Science 17 Mar. 762/1 Studies of the distribution of facultative heterotrophy and presumptive obligate photoautotrophy within eight of these genera.
1977 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 55 2184/2 A mechanism by which the energy-producing and biosynthetic roles of the tricarboxylic acid cycle can be controlled during photoautotrophy.
1987 Sci. Amer. Apr. 89/3 Photoautotrophy involves a symbiotic relationship with photosynthesizing algae.
2001 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 46 161/2 Current models interpret isotopically light organic matter..in the sedimentary record as reflecting a period when surface waters were nutrient replete and photoautotrophy was rapid.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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