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chemoorganoheterotrophic

chemoorganoheterotrophic adjective: that employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.

Adjective

chemoorganoheterotrophic (not comparable)

  1. That employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.
    • These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone.2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of chemoorganoheterotrophic

From chemo- + organo- + hetero- + -trophic.

Questions about chemoorganoheterotrophic

What does chemoorganoheterotrophic mean?
Chemoorganoheterotrophic means that employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.
What part of speech is chemoorganoheterotrophic?
Chemoorganoheterotrophic is an adjective.

Words near chemoorganoheterotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chemonociceptive
  2. chemonociceptor
  3. chemonociceptors
  4. chemonucleolysis
  5. chemoorganoheterotroph
  6. chemoorganoheterotrophic
  7. chemoorganoheterotrophically
  8. chemoorganoheterotrophs
  9. chemoorganoheterotrophy
  10. chemoorganotroph
  11. chemoorganotrophic

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