chemoautotrophic
Definitions
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- adjective Obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
Examples
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The following day, the two would-be spelunkers were a quarter of a mile into an immense corrasional cave when they encountered a herd of giant centipedes “grazing” on the chemoautotrophic moss growing on the damp cavern walls.
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Despite ample iron substrate in tundra ponds and soils, chemoautotrophic ferrous iron oxidizers were not found in IBP tundra sites [48].
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic
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Even using enrichment techniques, Bunnell et al. [46] rarely found chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic
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To test the theory of a chemoautotrophic origin of life in a volcanic, hydrothermal setting, we explored mechanisms for the buildup of bio-organic compounds by carbon fixation on catalytic transition metal precipitates.
Note
The word 'chemoautotrophic' is formed with the prefix 'chemo-' and 'autotrophic' (which comes from 'auto', 'self', and 'trophic', which comes from a Greek root meaning 'food').
