photofermentation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From photo- + fermentation.
Noun
[edit]photofermentation (countable and uncountable, plural photofermentations)
- fermentation that only proceeds in the presence of light; especially a process of producing hydrogen. Unlike biophotolysis in which hydrogen is produced from water, photofermentation produces hydrogen from organic substrates.
Translations
[edit]fermentation due to light
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