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chemolithoheterotrophic

chemolithoheterotrophic adjective: both chemolithotrophic and heterotrophic.

Adjective

chemolithoheterotrophic (not comparable)

  1. Both chemolithotrophic and heterotrophic
    • Such a chemolithoheterotrophic lifestyle was in agreement with the in situ environment of the sediments of the Atlantis II Deep.2015 October 21, “Zonation of Microbial Communities by a Hydrothermal Mound in the Atlantis II Deep (the Red Sea)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of chemolithoheterotrophic

From chemo- + litho- + heterotrophic.

Questions about chemolithoheterotrophic

What does chemolithoheterotrophic mean?
Chemolithoheterotrophic means both chemolithotrophic and heterotrophic.
What part of speech is chemolithoheterotrophic?
Chemolithoheterotrophic is an adjective.

Words near chemolithoheterotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chemolithoautotrophic
  2. chemolithoautotrophically
  3. chemolithoautotrophs
  4. chemolithoautotrophy
  5. chemolithoheterotroph
  6. chemolithoheterotrophic
  7. chemolithoheterotrophically
  8. chemolithoheterotrophs
  9. chemolithoheterotrophy
  10. chemolitholysis
  11. chemolithoorganotrophic

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