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chemioautotrophic

chemioautotrophic adjective: an organism that uses an inorganic carbon source and an inorganic electron/energy source.

Adjective

chemioautotrophic (not comparable)

  1. An organism that uses an inorganic carbon source and an inorganic electron/energy source.

Origin of chemioautotrophic

From chemo- + auto + -trophic.

Questions about chemioautotrophic

What does chemioautotrophic mean?
Chemioautotrophic means an organism that uses an inorganic carbon source and an inorganic electron/energy source.
What part of speech is chemioautotrophic?
Chemioautotrophic is an adjective.

Words near chemioautotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chemin-de-fer
  2. Cheminar
  3. cheminformatic
  4. cheminformatics
  5. chemins de ronde
  6. chemioautotrophic
  7. chemioluminescence
  8. chemioluminescent
  9. chemiopreventive
  10. chemiosmoses
  11. chemiosmosis

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