Non-vascular photoautotrophs (NVP), including mosses ... natural ecosystems through their association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, control the partitioning as well as evapotranspiration of ...

What's more, it's not all about the sun. Light-loving photoautotrophs—bacteria that need solar energy to help them photosynthesize food from inorganic substances—have been known to sun ...

Purple sulfur bacteria are strongly photoautotrophs and do not adapt an efficient metabolism to grow in the dark. Purple nonsulfur bacteria are strongly photoheterotrophs, even if they are capable of ...

These tiny plants and bacteria capture the sun's energy and, through photosynthesis, convert nutrients and carbon dioxide into organic compounds. On the coast, seaweed and seagrasses do the same ...