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Oxygenic photosynthesis

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Oxygenic photosynthesis uses water as an electron source and releases molecular oxygen. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria provide examples. The defining distinction from anoxygenic photosynthesis is molecular oxygen release, not merely capture of light.

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