chemoorganoheterotrophic
English edit
Etymology edit
chemo- + organo- + hetero- + -trophic
Adjective edit
chemoorganoheterotrophic (not comparable)
- (biology) That employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.
- 2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone.