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chemotroph

[ kee-muh-trof, -trawf, -trohf, kem-uh- ]

noun

Bacteriology, Biology.
  1. any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.

chemotroph

/ ŧ′ō-ٰŏ′ /

  1. An organism that manufactures its own food through chemosynthesis (the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds) as opposed to photosynthesis. The sulfur-oxidizing bacteria found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and nitrifying bacteria in the soil are chemotrophs.
  2. Also called chemoautotroph
  3. Compare phototroph
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··ٰDZ· [kee-m, uh, -, trof, -ik, -, troh, -fik, kem-, uh, -], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chemotroph1

chemo- + -troph < Greek ٰDZḗ food

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