Chemolithoautotroph Definition
chēmō-lĭthō-ôtə-trŏf, -trōf, kĕmō-
noun
A chemosynthetic organism that obtains energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds and uses carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon for growth.
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