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methylotroph

methylotroph noun: any organism that uses simple methyl compounds (such as methane or methanol) as a source of carbon and of energy.

Noun

methylotroph (plural methylotrophs)

  1. Any organism that uses simple methyl compounds (such as methane or methanol) as a source of carbon and of energy

Forms of methylotroph

pluralmethylotrophs

Origin of methylotroph

From methyl + -o- + -troph.

Questions about methylotroph

What does methylotroph mean?
Methylotroph means any organism that uses simple methyl compounds (such as methane or methanol) as a source of carbon and of energy.
What part of speech is methylotroph?
Methylotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of methylotroph?
The plural of methylotroph is methylotrophs.

Words near methylotroph in the dictionary

  1. methylomic
  2. methylomics
  3. methylone
  4. methylosome
  5. methylosomes
  6. methylotroph
  7. methylotrophic
  8. methylotrophically
  9. methylotrophs
  10. methylotrophy
  11. methyloxidase

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