Cameroon (/ËkÃ¦mÉËruËn/; French: Cameroun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: RÃ©publique du Cameroun), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word photoautotroph. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: photoautotroph(Noun) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
This is exactly what autotrophs do. Autotrophs are self-feeders, and they get their energy from non-living sources such as the sun and carbon dioxide. Autotrophs are called producers because they provide energy and food sources for all heterotrophic organisms. Types of Autotrophs. There are two types of autotrophs: photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs. Photoautotrophs get their energy from sunlight and convert it into usable energy (sugar). This process is called photosynthesis.