chemolithoautotrophyn.
/ˌkiːmə(ʊ)ˌlɪθəʊˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌtrəʊfi/, /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)ˌlɪθəʊˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌtrəʊfi/, U.S. /ˌkimoʊˌlɪθoʊˈɔdəˌtroʊfi/, /ˌkɛmoʊˌlɪθoʊˈɔdəˌtroʊfi/, /ˌkimoʊˌlɪθoʊˈɑdəˌtroʊfi/, /ˌkɛmoʊˌlɪθoʊˈɑdəˌtroʊfi/ Biology.
A form of chemotrophic nutrition in which a simple inorganic compound is oxidized in the course of the synthesis of complex organic compounds from carbon dioxide.This form of nutrition requires neither light nor any organic substrate.
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plasticity1858
modification1875
tolerance1898
autotrophy1900
heterotrophism1900
sympatry1904
heterotrophy1930
zootrophy1930
chemoautotrophism1943
chemolithotrophy1947
chemoorganotrophy1947
chemotrophy1947
chemoautotrophy1949
prototrophy1949
auxotrophy1953
photoautotrophy1961
photoheterotrophy1961
opportunism1967
chemoheterotrophy1972
chemolithoautotrophy1976
psychrotolerance1977
1976 Arch. Microbiol. 108 287 All this evidence suggests the ability of T. roseopersicina to change from phototrophy to aerobic chemolithoautotrophy.
2001 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 46 2094/1 Hydrothermal fluids discharging from these vents support microbial chemolithoautotrophy and dependent faunal communities.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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