Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for phototrophs?

What's the noun for phototrophs? Here's the word you're looking for.

photoautotroph
  1. (biology) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy
  2. Examples:
    1. “The cyanobacterium strain Synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942 has been well characterized as a model photoautotroph.”
      “The relative affinity for these compounds by this photoautotroph, as indicated by these parameters were comparable to those reported for E. coli.”
      “Strain PCC 6313 is a strict photoautotroph and is able to synthesize nitrogenase anaerobically.”
phototropin
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of photoreceptor flavoproteins that mediate phototropism in higher plants.
phototrophy
  1. (biology) The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
photoanaerobe
  1. (biology) Any photoautotrophic anaerobe
phototropism
  1. (biology) the movement of a plant towards or away from light
  2. Examples:
    1. “Phototropins mediate photomovement responses such as phototropism, chloroplast relocation and stomatal opening.”
      “The nucleus-localized, flavin-binding gene products, CRY1 and CRY2 are involved in several blue light responses, including phototropism.”
      “Sight, phototropism, geotropism, anemotropism, and hydrotropism play a significant role in insect orientation for both oviposition and feeding.”
photoautotrophy
  1. The condition of being a photoautotroph.
phototrophism
  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of phototropism
phototroph
  1. A photoautotroph
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Chemotrophic communities show a distinct Poisson distribution centered at a Ks of 0.18, whereas phototroph communities exhibit non-Poisson distributions.”
      “While phototroph communities are constrained by their metabolic lifestyle to surface migrations, chemotroph communities can thrive independent of sunlight and, theoretically, access much of the YNP subsurface.”
      “There was an increased incidence of Rhodobacterales on tidepool mussels, including matches with Rhodobacter and Roseobacter, an aerobic anoxygenic phototroph.”
phototropy
photoautotrophs
  1. plural of photoautotroph
  2. Examples:
    1. “While chemoautotrophs are uncommon, photoautotrophs are common and quite diverse.”
      “Almost all plants, as well as many prokaryotes and protists, are characteristically oxygenic photoautotrophs.”
      “Discovery of these fossils suggest that fungi developed symbiotic partnerships with photoautotrophs long before the evolution of vascular plants.”
photoanaerobes
  1. plural of photoanaerobe
phototropisms
  1. plural of phototropism
phototropins
  1. plural of phototropin
phototrophs
  1. plural of phototroph
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Our approach disclosed a disproportional impact on trophic cascades by numerically minor phototrophs that otherwise would have gone unnoticed.”
      “Whereas phototrophs generally harbor a large number of isoforms, animals exhibit only two or three isoforms.”
      “Apart from these 3 colors, all other surfaces revealed the presence of fungi and phototrophs.”
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
11-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024