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photolithoautotroph

photolithoautotroph noun: any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source.

Noun

photolithoautotroph (plural photolithoautotrophs)

  1. Any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source.

Forms of photolithoautotroph

pluralphotolithoautotrophs

Origin of photolithoautotroph

From photo- + litho- + autotroph.

Questions about photolithoautotroph

What does photolithoautotroph mean?
Photolithoautotroph means any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source.
What part of speech is photolithoautotroph?
Photolithoautotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of photolithoautotroph?
The plural of photolithoautotroph is photolithoautotrophs.

Words near photolithoautotroph in the dictionary

  1. photoliberation
  2. photoligation
  3. photolike
  4. photolith
  5. photolitho
  6. photolithoautotroph
  7. photolithoautotrophic
  8. photolithoautotrophically
  9. photolithoautotrophs
  10. photolithoautotrophy
  11. photolithograph

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