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chemotrophic
[ke″mo-trōf´ik]deriving energy from the oxidation of organic (chemo-organotrophic) or inorganic (chemolithotrophic) compounds; said of bacteria.
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chemotrophic
see CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005