chemoautotrophic
English
Alternative forms
- chemautotrophic
- chemo-autotrophic
Etymology
chemo- + autotrophic
Adjective
chemoautotrophic (comparative more chemoautotrophic, superlative most chemoautotrophic)
- (biology, of an organism) obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
Synonyms
- chemolithoautotrophic
Related terms
- auto-
- -trophic
- -troph
- -ic
- chemoautotrophy
- chemoautotroph
- chemotrophic
- chemotrophy
- chemotroph
- autotrophic
- autotrophy
- autotroph