autotroph en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/ (UK)
- /ˈɔtəˌtɹoʊf/ (US)
Etymology
From auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).
Meanings
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Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
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.
2013 March 14, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| autotrophs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Deriveds
autotrophy · thioautotroph · autotrophic · chemoautotroph · photoautotroph · lithoautotroph · photolithoautotroph · autotrophically · picoautotroph
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Translations (22)
es autótrofo (organism that can synthesize its food) · fi autotrofi (organism that can synthesize its food) · id autotrof (organism that can synthesize its food) · pl autotrof (organism that can synthesize its food) · kk автотроф (organism that can synthesize its food) · fr autotrophe (organism that can synthesize its food) · fi tuottaja (organism that can synthesize its food) · ko 독립영양생물 (organism that can synthesize its food) · vi sinh vật tự dưỡng (organism that can synthesize its food) · pt autótrofo (organism that can synthesize its food) · cmn 自養生物 /自养生物 (organism that can synthesize its food) · ca autòtrof (organism that can synthesize its food) · cmn 自營生物 /自营生物 (organism that can synthesize its food) · it autotrofo (organism that can synthesize its food) · de Autotroph (organism that can synthesize its food) · nl autotroof (organism that can synthesize its food) · ja 独立栄養生物 (organism that can synthesize its food) · it autrofia (organism that can synthesize its food) · kmr berhemhêner (organism that can synthesize its food) · mi pūkame (organism that can synthesize its food) · ga uatrófach (organism that can synthesize its food) · km ស្វ័យជីព (organism that can synthesize its food)