photoheterotrophn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)trɒf/, /ˌfəʊtəʊˈhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)trəʊf/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˈhɛdərəˌtrɑf/ Biology.
A photoheterotrophic organism.
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1951 J. W. Foster in C. H. Werkman & P. W. Wilson Bacterial Physiol. 364 The above two classes of autotrophs have their counterparts in the heterotrophic bacteria. Thus there are chemoheterotrophs and photoheterotrophs... The latter are a specialized photosynthetic group which is capable of using for growth both radiant energy and preformed organic matter.
1963 Stud. Microalgae & Photosynthetic Bacteria (Jap. Soc. Plant Physiologists) 465 Two characteristic facultative photoheterotrophs..have been examined for response to nitrate under various conditions of growth.
2001 Science (Nexis) 29 June 2444 This group [of bacteria] is composed of aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophs that metabolize carbon when it is abundant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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