methanotrophic
/mɪˌθanə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/ /mɪˌθanə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/ /ˌmɛθənə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/Microbiology
adjective
Of a bacterium: capable of utilizing methane as a source of carbon and energy.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Mikrobiologiya. From methane + -o- + -trophic.
- quadruple expansion
- quadruple proportion
- quadrupler
- quadruple rhythm
- quadruplet
- quadruple time
- quadruplex
- quadruplicate
- quadruplication
- quadruplicity
- quadruply
- quadrupolar
- quadrupole
- quadrupole moment
- quad-speed
- quaere
- quaesitum
- quaestor
- quaestorial
- quaestorian
- quaestorship
- quaestuary
- quaff
- quaffable
- quaffer