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chemoautotroph
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chemoautotroph /che·mo·au·to·troph/ (-aw´to-trōf) a chemoautotrophic microorganism.
che·mo·au·to·troph (km-ôt-trf, -trf)
n.
An organism that depends on inorganic chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. Also called chemolithotroph.
chemo·auto·trophic (-trfk, -trfk) adj.
chemoautotroph
a chemoautotrophic organism.


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