chemoautotrophicallyadv.
/ˌkiːmə(ʊ)ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfᵻkli/, /ˌkiːmə(ʊ)ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfᵻkli/, /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfᵻkli/, /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌkimoʊˌɔdəˈtrɑfək(ə)li/, /ˌkimoʊˌɑdəˈtrɑfək(ə)li/, /ˌkɛmoʊˌɔdəˈtrɑfək(ə)li/, /ˌkɛmoʊˌɑdəˈtrɑfək(ə)li/ Biology.
By chemoautotrophy, in a chemoautotrophic manner.
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chemoautotrophically1961
sympatrically1970
auxotrophically1976
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Chemoautotrophically.
1966 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 53 804/2 Strains of Beggiatoa may multiply chemoautotrophically when supplied with hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
2001 Science 6 July 92/1 The carbon-13 content of archeal molecular fossils indicates that these archaea were living chemoautotrophically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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