autotroph

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The marine unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest-known oxygen-evolving autotroph.

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  1. noun An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy. Green plants, algae, and certain bacteria are autotrophs.

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  • The marine unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest-known oxygen-evolving autotroph. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • How does the technique called paper chromatography separate pigments in autotroph cells? why the liver cells of alcoholics are likely to have much more smooth endoplasmic reticulum than non drinkers? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Do you know a lot about how to identify if an animal is an "autotroph" or an "heterotroph"? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Euglena can live as an autotroph or mesotroph when it is put in darkness for any amount time, but when re-introduced to light will it get its —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Euglena can live as an autotroph or mesotroph when it is put in darkness for any amount time, but when re-introduced to light will it get its chlorophylb ack. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
 

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