English Explanatory Dictionary

photolithotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lithotroph that obtains energy from light and therefore uses inorganic electron donors only to fuel biosynthetic reactions.

Word forms

photolithotroph photolithotrophs

Etymology

From photo- + lithotroph.

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