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PHOTOAUTOTROPHE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Plant Biology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Capable of utilizing carbon dioxide in the presence of light as a source of metabolic carbon.

PHR

Phototrophic organism.

PHR

Photoautotrophic bacteria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Biologie végétale
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Se dit des organismes qui mettent à profit l'énergie lumineuse pour réaliser la synthèse de leurs aliments.

CONT

De nombreux Flagellés [...] ont une nutrition holophytique partielle ou totale.

OBS

Seules les plantes vertes chlorophylliennes sont phototrophes.

OBS

Contraire : chimiotrophe.

PHR

Bactérie phototrophe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Biología vegetal
  • Biotecnología
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Record 2 2003-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Organism converts nutrients into biomaterials, that is, tissue mass, using light energy (photoautotrophs) or chemical energy (chemoautotrophs).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Organisme utilisant le CO2 comme seule source de carbone, et la lumière comme source d'énergie.

Spanish

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