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Descriptor
English
:
Chemoautotrophic Growth
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Crecimiento Quimioautotrófico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Crescimento Quimioautotrófico
Tree Number:
G02.111.087.070.314
G02.149.115.070.314
G03.495.153.314
Definition
English
:
Growth
of organisms using
AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES
for obtaining
nutrients
and chemotrophic processes for obtaining a primary
energy supply
. Chemotrophic processes are involved in deriving a primary
energy supply
from exogenous
chemical sources
. Chemotrophic autotrophs (chemoautotrophs) generally use
inorganic chemicals
as
energy
sources and as such are called chemolithoautotrophs. Most chemoautotrophs live in hostile environments, such as deep sea vents. They are mostly
BACTERIA
and
ARCHAEA
, and are the primary producers for those ecosystems.
See Related
English
:
Heterotrophic Processes
Nutrition Processes
Phototrophic Processes
History Note
English
:
2007
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DE
drug effects
ES
ethics
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
Record Number:
52481
Unique Identifier:
D052837
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