photoorganotrophicadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊɔːˌɡanəˈtrɒfɪk/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɔːɡənəˈtrɒfɪk/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɔːˌɡanəˈtrəʊfɪk/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɔːɡənəˈtrəʊfɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌɔrɡənəˈtrɑfɪk/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌɔrˌɡænəˈtrɑfɪk/ Biology.
Relating to or characterized by photoorganotrophy.
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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
1951 Q. Rev. Biol. 26 95/2 The uptake and turnover of phosphate by..photoorganotrophic..organisms.
1958 R. Y. Stanier et al. Gen. Microbiol. xiv. 292 Since the photoorganotrophic bacteria require various growth factors, a small amount of yeast extract is generally added to the enrichment medium.
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 photoorganotrophic bacteria (e.g. purple, non-sulphur bacteria) whose growth is dependent on exogenous organic hydrogen donors.
1990 Exper. Cell Res. 190 107/1 The results obtained under photoautotrophic conditions are essentially the same as those obtained under photoorganotrophic conditions.
Derivatives
ˌphotoorganoˈtrophically adv.
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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adverb] > involving the effect of light on plants
photosynthetically1898
phototrophically1948
photoheterotrophically1952
photomorphogenically1959
photomorphogenetically1960
photoorganotrophically1965
1965 Science 5 Nov. 776/1 Enzyme prepared from photolithotrophically grown cells differed in several properties from enzyme prepared from photoorganotrophically grown cells.
1971 J. S. Poindexter Microbiology xiii. 154 The few types of algae that can grow photoorganotrophically are aerobes.
1992 New Phytologist 122 307/2 The green alga..was routinely grown photo-organotrophically in a buffered medium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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