English Explanatory Dictionary

photofermentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

photofermentation photofermentations

Etymology

From photo- + fermentation.

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