photofermentation

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ fermentation

Noun

photofermentation (countable and uncountable, plural photofermentations)

1. 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

fermentation due to light

• Italian: fotofermentazione f