chemoautotrophy


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che·mo·au·to·troph

 (kē′mō-ô′tə-trŏf′, -trōf′, kĕm′ō-)
n.
See chemolithoautotroph.
che′mo·au′to·troph′ic adj.
che′mo·au·tot′ro·phy (-ô-tŏt′rə-fē) n.

chemoautotrophy

(ˌkiːməʊˈɔːtəˌtrəʊfɪ)
n
the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
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Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin.
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Chemoautotrophy as a possible nutritional source in the hydrothermal vent limpet Lepetodrilus fucensis.
Phylogenetic characterization of episymbiotic bacteria hosted by a hydrothermal vent limpet (Lepetodrilidae, vetigastropoda)
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
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
We compared its genome annotations and available biochemical information with those of other representative organisms related to chemoautotrophy (which include Thiomicrospira denitrificans, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus, and an archeaon--Pyrobaculum aerophilum), and extracted and integrated relevant information to formulate a canonical metabolic chart.
The canonical network of autotrophic intermediary metabolism: minimal metabolome of a reductive chemoautotroph
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 genera Adipicola and Idas (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)

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