different between photosynthesis vs chemoautotrophic
photosynthesis
English
Etymology
photo- +? synthesis
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??.t??.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.t???.?s?n?.??.s?s]
- (US) IPA(key): /?fo?.to?.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.?o?.?s?n?.??.s?s]
Noun
photosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural photosyntheses)
- (biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,
- principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
- also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.
- principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
Related terms
- photosynthesise/photosynthesize
- photosynthetic
- photosynthetically
Translations
See also
- chemosynthesis
photosynthesis From the web:
- what photosynthesis produce
- what photosynthesis is and why it is important
- what photosynthesis mean
- what photosynthesis do
- what photosynthesis does
- what photosynthesis waste product is formed
- what photosynthesis needs
- what photosynthesis process
chemoautotrophic
English
Alternative forms
- chemautotrophic
- chemo-autotrophic
Etymology
chemo- +? autotrophic
Adjective
chemoautotrophic (comparative more chemoautotrophic, superlative most chemoautotrophic)
- (biology, of an organism) obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
Synonyms
- chemolithoautotrophic
Related terms
- auto-
- -trophic
- -troph
- -ic
- chemoautotrophy
- chemoautotroph
- chemotrophic
- chemotrophy
- chemotroph
- autotrophic
- autotrophy
- autotroph
chemoautotrophic From the web:
- what's chemoautotrophic bacteria
- what is chemoautotrophic nutrition
- what does chemoautotrophic mean
- what is chemoautotrophic mode of nutrition
- what are chemoautotrophic prokaryotes
- what do chemoautotrophic bacteria do
- what is chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic
- what does chemoautotroph mean in biology
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