che·mo·lith·o·troph

(kē′mō-lĭth′ə-trŏf′, -trōf′, kĕm′ō-)

che′mo·lith′o·tro′phic adj.

che′mo·li·thot′ro·phy (-lī-thŏt′rə-fē) adj.

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chemolithotroph

(ˌkiːməʊˈlɪθətrəʊf; ˌkɛm-)

(Biology) another name for chemautotroph

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A cultured representative of the SAGMCG Thaumarchaeota was described as an acidophilic ammonia-oxidizing chemolithotroph [48], using the 3-hydroxypropionate-4-hydroxybutyrate pathway [49].

Archaeal Diversity and C[O.sub.2] Fixers in Carbonate-/Siliciclastic-Rock Groundwater Ecosystems

However, this deprotonation mechanism is contrary to chemolithotroph metabolism, because strains that oxidize sulfur reduced compounds commonly generate protons and consequently pH decreases.

Novel technique for degradation of silver thiosulfate present in wastewater of the post-harvest treatment of ethylene-sensitive flowers

(1979), when three bacteria, an obligate chemolithotroph, a facultative chemolithotroph (mixotroph), and a heterotroph, competed for acetate and thiosulfate.

Laboratory experiments with a mixotrophic chrysophyte and obligately phagotrophic and phototrophic competitors

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