chemoorganoheterotrophic

English

Etymology

From chemo- +‎ organo- +‎ hetero- +‎ -trophic.

Adjective

chemoorganoheterotrophic (not comparable)

1. (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], →DOI:

     These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone.

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