oxygenic
adjective
ox·y·gen·ic
ˌäk-si-ˈje-nik 
1
: of or relating to oxygen
2
: generating or producing oxygen
oxygenic photosynthesis
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During this period, cyanobacteria began producing oxygen through oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that generates oxygen as a byproduct.
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New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025
If alien plants can survive or even thrive without oxygenic photosynthesis, that ultimately could mean expanding, rather than tapering, the habitable zone, Cabrol says.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
Life that could adapt to oxygen or come up with oxygenic photosynthesis continued to thrive and evolve.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
That’s the crucial limit in which the rate of plant respiration exceeds that of oxygenic photosynthesis.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Thus, geologists have been able to determine that these Jack Hills zircons were subject to oxygenic chemistry, suggesting that liquid water was already present on earth in abundance some 4.38 billion years ago, writes Knoll.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025
If alien plants can survive or even thrive without oxygenic photosynthesis, that ultimately could mean expanding, rather than tapering, the habitable zone, Cabrol says.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
Life that could adapt to oxygen or come up with oxygenic photosynthesis continued to thrive and evolve.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022
That’s the crucial limit in which the rate of plant respiration exceeds that of oxygenic photosynthesis.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Thus, geologists have been able to determine that these Jack Hills zircons were subject to oxygenic chemistry, suggesting that liquid water was already present on earth in abundance some 4.38 billion years ago, writes Knoll.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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“Oxygenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygenic. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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