In botany, pertaining to, characteristic of, or exhibiting phototaxis.
In biology, of or pertaining to the locomotion of organisms in relation to direction of light; exhibiting phototaxis or photopathy.
Word Usage
"Unlike other algae genera sequenced to date, these swift swimmers can cut through the water column at a rate of 50 body lengths per second, and are phototactic, meaning that they can swim towards the sunlight from which they derive their energy."