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photofermentation

photofermentation noun: fermentation that only proceeds in the presence of light; especially a process of producing hydrogen. Unlike biophotolysis in which hydrogen is produced from water, photofermentation produces hydrogen from organic substrates.

Noun

photofermentation (countable and uncountable, plural photofermentations)

  1. fermentation that only proceeds in the presence of light; especially a process of producing hydrogen. Unlike biophotolysis in which hydrogen is produced from water, photofermentation produces hydrogen from organic substrates.

Forms of photofermentation

pluralphotofermentations

Origin of photofermentation

From photo- + fermentation.

Questions about photofermentation

What does photofermentation mean?
Photofermentation means fermentation that only proceeds in the presence of light; especially a process of producing hydrogen. Unlike biophotolysis in which hydrogen is produced from water, photofermentation produces hydrogen from organic substrates.
What part of speech is photofermentation?
Photofermentation is a noun.
What is the plural of photofermentation?
The plural of photofermentation is photofermentations.

Words near photofermentation in the dictionary

  1. photoexposure
  2. photoexposures
  3. photofabrication
  4. photofacilitation
  5. photofading
  6. photofermentation
  7. photofermentations
  8. photofermentative
  9. photoferroelectric
  10. photoferroelectric effect
  11. photoferroelectric effects

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