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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 [ke″mo-aw´to-trōf]
a chemoautotrophic organism.
chemoautotroph
a chemoautotrophic organism.
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Sulfur-metabolizing symbioses are typically found in highly reducing habitats, because their symbiotic bacteria need to have access to reduced sulfur compounds to drive chemoautotrophy (Johnson et al.
Extreme tolerance to anoxia in the Lucinoma aequizonata symbiosis by Arndt-Sullivan, C.; Lechaire, J.-P.; Felbeck, H. / Journal of Shellfish Research
After examining the carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 contents of the clam and mussel tissue, Steve Macko (University of Virginia) suggested that the clam derives all its nutrition from chemoautotrophy, while the mussel utilizes other energy sources as well (perhaps by feeding directly on whale-bone organics).
Whale falls: chemosynthesis on the deep seafloor by Smith, Craig R. / Oceanus
Apart from chemoautotrophy and suspension feeding there is a third possible strategy, epidermal uptake of dissolved organic matter (DOM).
The morphology of bacterial symbioses in the gills of mussels of the ... by Southward, Eve C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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