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chemoorganoheterotrophic en · ADJ

Etymology

From chemo- + organo- + hetero- + -trophic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.
   • These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone. 2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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