“This is a really cool first step towards making a fully autotrophic cell,” Hessel said. Now that Trolle has demonstrated that an essential amino acid producing animal cell is possible, Hessel said ...

Autotrophic bacteria create their own food ... divides into two identical cells known as daughter cells. Essentially, bacteria replicate themselves repeatedly to thrive. In some cases, this ...

Autotrophs participate in the carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide to produce the biomass that all other organisms use for life. Four autotrophic carbon-fixation pathways were already known and ...