Chapter 11.12, Problem 6CC

Summary Introduction

Phototrophy can be defined as the ability of a microorganism to capture light and use the captured light to synthesize ATP and make reducing power. Phototrophy can be classified into three types, oxygenic, anoxygenic, and rhodopsin-based phototrophy. The reducing power and the ATP work together to reduce and fix carbon dioxide by a process called photosynthesis.