chemolithoautotrophy
/ˌkiːmə(ʊ)ˌlɪθəʊˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌtrəʊfi/ /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)ˌlɪθəʊˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌtrəʊfi/Biology
noun
A form of chemotrophic nutrition in which a simple inorganic compound is oxidized in the course of the synthesis of complex organic compounds from carbon dioxide.
- This form of nutrition requires neither light nor any organic substrate..
Origin
1970s. From chemo- + litho- + autotrophy, after chemolithoautotrophic.
- Wallingford
- wallink
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville
- wall knot
- wall-less
- wall lizard
- wall-mounted
- Wall of Death
- wall of honor
- Walloon
- wallop
- walloper
- walloping
- Wallops Island
- wallow
- Wallowa Mountains
- wallower
- wall painting
- wallpaper
- wall pass
- wall pepper
- wall plate
- wall plug
- wall pocket