photoheterotrophic

photoheterotrophic
Using light for energy, but requiring a source of carbon other than carbon dioxide.

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  • photoheterotrophic — Pertaining to a photoheterotroph. * * * pho·to·het·ero·tro·phic (fo″to het″ər o troґfik) [photo + hetero + trophic] deriving nourishment from organic compounds and energy from visible light …   Medical dictionary

  • photoheterotrophic bacterium — a heterotrophic bacterium capable of deriving energy from light …   Medical dictionary

  • Synechococcus — Taxobox | name = Synechococcus image width = 200px image caption = TEM of Synechococcus regnum = Bacteria divisio = Cyanobacteria ordo = Synechococcales familia = Synechococcaceae genus = Synechococcus genus authority = Nägeli, 1849 subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • Phototrophie — Die Rotalge Stylonema alsidii ist phototroph. Phototrophie oder Fototrophie (von altgriechisch φῶς phos = das Licht + τροφή trophé = die Ernährung) bezeichnet die Nutzung von Licht als Energiequelle durch Lebewesen. Das Licht wird gebraucht …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • heliobacterium — noun Any of a group of photoheterotrophic bacteria, using bacteriochlorophyll to convert light energy into chemical energy …   Wiktionary

  • photoheterotrophically — adverb In a photoheterotrophic way …   Wiktionary

  • photoheterotroph — An organism that depends on light for most of its energy and principally on organic compounds for its carbon. Cf.:photoautotroph, photolithotroph, phototroph. [photo + G. heteros, other, + trophe, nourishment] * * * pho·to·het·ero·troph… …   Medical dictionary

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