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methylotrophic

methylotrophic adjective: pertaining to organisms that use, as substrates for growth, C1 compounds (e.g. methanol, methylamine, methane).

Adjective

methylotrophic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to organisms that use, as substrates for growth, C1 compounds (e.g. methanol, methylamine, methane).

Origin of methylotrophic

From methyl + -o- + -trophic.

Words formed from methylotrophic

Questions about methylotrophic

What does methylotrophic mean?
Methylotrophic means pertaining to organisms that use, as substrates for growth, C1 compounds (e.g. methanol, methylamine, methane).
What part of speech is methylotrophic?
Methylotrophic is an adjective.

Words near methylotrophic in the dictionary

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

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