Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process, utilized by plants and other photosynthetic organisms, in which sunlight and CO2 (carbon dioxide) are used to synthesize glucose and oxygen, which can then be used by the mitochondria to produce ATP.

In game
In game, photosynthesis requires 6 CO2 and available sunlight and synthesizes 1 Glucose and 6 Oxygen. To produce it microbes need to first acquire a chloroplast by swimming in the environment and absorbing it, then adding it through the microbe editor.