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As a noun autotroph is

(biology) any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.

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autotroph

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
  • , author= , title=The Smallest Cell , volume=101, issue=2, page=83 , magazine= citation , passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}

    Coordinate terms

    * heterotroph

    Derived terms

    * autotrophic * autotrophically * autotrophy