photosynthesis

yhteyttäminen, fotosynteesi puhekieltä Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,
principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
{{quote-magazine|year=2013|month=September-October|author=http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/katie-l-burke Katie L. Burke
also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple bacteria|purple and green bacteria, heliobacterium heliobacteria, and acidobacterium acidobacteria.