photosynthesizing

• But extinctions from the K / T event were selective: though most dinosaurs and photosynthesizing organisms suffered heavy losses, ominivores, insectivores, and carrion-eaters didn't do too badly. —  California Literary Review
• The only life to speak of were bits of moss and red and brown algae on the rocks, although the oceans had photosynthesizing bacteria, sponges, jellyfish, anemone-like creatures, and worm-like forms on the bottom. —  California Literary Review
• If anything, photosynthesizing plankton are the lungs of the planet - they grow, absorb CO2, release a mess of oxygen, and tend to die and sink to depths where some of the carbon gets sequestered away. —  Knight Science Journalism Tracker
• Their photosynthesizing pigments are free in the cytoplasm and not contained within an organelle such as a chloroplast. —  BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content
• Hardest hit were a group of photosynthesizing, algae-harboring corals known as zooxanthellates. —  Green Options

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