oxygenic

• a word derived from oxygen.
  oxygen

  noun

  a colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature. It is the supporter of combustion in air and was the standard of atomic, combining, and molecular weights until 1961, when carbon 12 became the new standard. O; 15.9994; 8; density: 1.4290 grams/liter at 0°C and 760 millimeter pressure.

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However, oxygenic photosynthesis -- produced by cyanobacteria -- had likely evolved hundreds of millions of years before this event.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

Although algae generate oxygen when they photosynthesize, they also require it to generate power from their food, just as animals do, via oxygenic respiration.

From Scientific American ● May 20, 2018

To determine the oxygenic state of the atmosphere by means of ozone papers.

From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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