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chemotroph

Translation
chemotroph
chemotrophic /kee'meuh trof"ik, -troh"fik, kem'euh-/, adj.
/kee"meuh trof', -trawf', -trohf', kem'euh-/, n. Bacteriol., Biol.
any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
[CHEMO- + -troph < Gk trophé food]

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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