Phototroph, the Glossary
Phototrophs are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy.[1]
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- Microbial growth and nutrition
- Trophic ecology
Adenosine triphosphate
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.
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Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
Anabolism
Anabolism is the set of metabolic pathways that construct macromolecules like DNA or RNA from smaller units.
André Michel Lwoff
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate of Russian-Polish origin.
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ATP synthase
ATP synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the energy storage molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) using adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate (Pi). Phototroph and ATP synthase are photosynthesis.
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Autotroph
An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms. Phototroph and autotroph are biology terminology, Microbial growth and nutrition and Trophic ecology.
Auxotrophy
Auxotrophy (αὐξάνω "to increase"; τροφή "nourishment") is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth (as defined by IUPAC).
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. Phototroph and Bacteria are biology terminology.
Bacteriochlorophyll
Bacteriochlorophylls (BChl) are photosynthetic pigments that occur in various phototrophic bacteria.
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Biological carbon fixation
Biological carbon fixation, or сarbon assimilation, is the process by which living organisms convert inorganic carbon (particularly carbon dioxide) to organic compounds. Phototroph and Biological carbon fixation are photosynthesis.
See Phototroph and Biological carbon fixation
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Catabolism
Catabolism is the set of metabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units that are either oxidized to release energy or used in other anabolic reactions.
Chemotroph
A chemotroph Greek words “chemo” (meaning chemical) and “troph” (meaning nourishment) is an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments. Phototroph and chemotroph are biology terminology, Microbial growth and nutrition and Trophic ecology.
Chlorobium
Chlorobium is a genus of green sulfur bacteria.
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants.
See Phototroph and Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. Phototroph and chloroplast are photosynthesis.
See Phototroph and Chloroplast
Chromatium
Chromatium is a genus of photoautotrophic Gram-negative bacteria which are found in water.
Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. Phototroph and Cyanobacteria are photosynthesis.
See Phototroph and Cyanobacteria
Ecology
Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
Electron donor
In chemistry, an electron donor is a chemical entity that transfers electrons to another compound.
See Phototroph and Electron donor
Electron transport chain
An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of protein complexes and other molecules which transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions (both reduction and oxidation occurring simultaneously) and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane.
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Energy
Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.
Euglena
Euglena is a genus of single cell flagellate eukaryotes.
Green sulfur bacteria
The green sulfur bacteria are a phylum, Chlorobiota, of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria that metabolize sulfur.
See Phototroph and Green sulfur bacteria
Heterotroph
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. Phototroph and heterotroph are biology terminology and Trophic ecology.
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Inorganic compound
An inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bondsthat is, a compound that is not an organic compound.
See Phototroph and Inorganic compound
Kelp
Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales.
Lichen
A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.
Light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.
List of common misconceptions
Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated.
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Lithotroph
Lithotrophs are a diverse group of organisms using an inorganic substrate (usually of mineral origin) to obtain reducing equivalents for use in biosynthesis (e.g., carbon dioxide fixation) or energy conservation (i.e., ATP production) via aerobic or anaerobic respiration.
Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Organism
An organism is defined in a medical dictionary as any living thing that functions as an individual.
Oxygen-evolving complex
The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC), also known as the water-splitting complex, is a water-oxidizing enzyme involved in the photo-oxidation of water during the light reactions of photosynthesis. Phototroph and oxygen-evolving complex are photosynthesis.
See Phototroph and Oxygen-evolving complex
Photoautotrophism
Photoautotrophs are organisms that can utilize light energy from sunlight and elements (such as carbon) from inorganic compounds to produce organic materials needed to sustain their own metabolism (i.e. autotrophy). Phototroph and Photoautotrophism are biology terminology, photosynthesis and Trophic ecology.
See Phototroph and Photoautotrophism
Photoheterotroph
Photoheterotrophs (Gk: photo. Phototroph and Photoheterotroph are biology terminology, Microbial growth and nutrition and Trophic ecology.
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Photon
A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.
Photophosphorylation
In the process of photosynthesis, the phosphorylation of ADP to form ATP using the energy of sunlight is called photophosphorylation. Phototroph and photophosphorylation are photosynthesis.
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Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
See Phototroph and Photosynthesis
Phototroph
Phototrophs are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy. Phototroph and Phototroph are biology terminology, Microbial growth and nutrition, photosynthesis and Trophic ecology.
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.
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Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.
Primary nutritional groups
Primary nutritional groups are groups of organisms, divided in relation to the nutrition mode according to the sources of energy and carbon, needed for living, growth and reproduction. Phototroph and Primary nutritional groups are Trophic ecology.
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Protist
A protist or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus.
Proton pump
A proton pump is an integral membrane protein pump that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane.
See Phototroph and Proton pump
Purple sulfur bacteria
The purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) are part of a group of Pseudomonadota capable of photosynthesis, collectively referred to as purple bacteria.
See Phototroph and Purple sulfur bacteria
Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Retinal
Retinal (also known as retinaldehyde) is a polyene chromophore.
Retinalophototroph
A retinalophototroph is one of two different types of phototrophs, and are named for retinal-binding proteins (microbial rhodopsins) they utilize for cell signaling and converting light into energy. Phototroph and retinalophototroph are biology terminology, Microbial growth and nutrition, photosynthesis and Trophic ecology.
See Phototroph and Retinalophototroph
Rhodobacter capsulatus
Rhodobacter capsulatus is a species of purple bacteria, a group of bacteria that can obtain energy through photosynthesis.
See Phototroph and Rhodobacter capsulatus
Soil
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.
Tropism
In biology, a tropism is a phenomenon indicating the growth or turning movement of an organism, usually a plant, in response to an environmental stimulus.
See also
Microbial growth and nutrition
- Airing
- Antimicrobial surface
- Autotroph
- BIOPAN
- Chemotroph
- Contact-dependent growth inhibition
- Detritivore
- EXPOSE
- Endophyte
- Exogenous bacteria
- Extremophile
- Extremophiles
- Fastidious organism
- GFAJ-1
- Geophilic
- Halotolerance
- Human milk oligosaccharide
- Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria
- Lacto-N-tetraose
- Lithoautotroph
- Mesophile
- Microaerophile
- Microbial synergy
- Multilevel Antimicrobial Polymer
- Osmotrophy
- Photoheterotroph
- Phototroph
- Psychrophile
- Retinalophototroph
- Sulfate-reducing microorganism
Trophic ecology
- Apex predators
- Aquatic-terrestrial subsidies
- Ascendency
- Autotroph
- Bacterivore
- Chemotroph
- Consumer (food chain)
- Copiotroph
- Ecological efficiency
- Electrolithoautotroph
- Energy systems language
- Food chains
- Food web
- Green world hypothesis
- Heterotroph
- Heterotrophic nutrition
- Kinetotroph
- Marine food web
- Microbial metabolism
- Microbial oxidation of sulfur
- Mixotroph
- Mycotroph
- Ophiophagy
- Photoautotrophism
- Photoheterotroph
- Phototroph
- Primary nutritional groups
- Retinalophototroph
- Saprotrophic bacteria
- Trophic cascade
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototroph
Also known as Chlorophototroph, Holophytic, Holophytic nutrition, Photolithotrophic bacteria, Phototrophic bacteria, Phototrophic heterotroph, Phototrophic prokaryotes, Phototrophism, Phototrophs, Phototrophy.
, Retinalophototroph, Rhodobacter capsulatus, Soil, Tropism.