autotrophically

Variant of autotrophic

autotrophic definition

auto·trophic (ôt′ō träf′ik)

adjective

making its own food by photosynthesis, as a green plant does, or by chemosynthesis, as any of certain bacteria do

Etymology: auto- + trophic

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