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- noun biology The
synthesis of an organism's food frominorganic material usinglight as a source ofenergy
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Oxygen solubility is extremely poor at such high salinities and, not surprisingly, in addition to aerobic respiration most halophilic organisms also require alternate means of energy production such as phototrophy, denitrification and other dissimilatory processes
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This could be through the metabolism of the nonconservative gases CH4, CO, and H2, and a link between chemotrophy and phototrophy through these gases is hypothesized.
Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit 2006
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At the same time the present study shows that proteorhodopsin-mediated phototrophy (the process of acquiring energy from light) allows marine bacteria to better survive periods of starvation in an often nutrient-depleted ocean.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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At the same time the present study shows that proteorhodopsin-mediated phototrophy (the process of acquiring energy from light) allows marine bacteria to better survive periods of starvation in an often nutrient-depleted ocean.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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