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Meaning of "chemoautotrophy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHEMOAUTOTROPHY

chemoautotrophy  [ˌkiːməʊˈɔːtəˌtrəʊfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEMOAUTOTROPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chemoautotrophy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEMOAUTOTROPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chemoautotrophy in the English dictionary

The definition of chemoautotrophy in the dictionary is the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEMOAUTOTROPHY


abiotrophy
ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈtrəʊfɪ
boofy
ˈbʊfɪ
buffi
ˈbʊfɪ
poofy
ˈpʊfɪ
Sophi
ˈsəʊfɪ
Sophy
ˈsəʊfɪ
strophe
ˈstrəʊfɪ
trophy
ˈtrəʊfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEMOAUTOTROPHY

chemo
chemo-organotroph
chemoattractant
chemoautotroph
chemoautroph
chemoceptor
chemoheterotroph
chemoheterotrophic
chemokine
chemokinesis
chemolithotroph
chemonasty
chemoprevention
chemoprophylactic
chemoprophylaxis
chemopsychiatry
chemoreception
chemoreceptive
chemoreceptor
chemosmosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEMOAUTOTROPHY

amyotrophy
atrophy
autotrophy
auxotrophy
cacotrophy
Duchenne dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
dystrophy
eutrophy
exstrophy
heterostrophy
heterotrophy
hypertrophy
leukodystrophy
lipodystrophy
muscular dystrophy
oligotrophy
paedotrophy
philosophy
prototrophy
Schneider Trophy

Synonyms and antonyms of chemoautotrophy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chemoautotrophy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEMOAUTOTROPHY

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The translations of chemoautotrophy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chemoautotrophy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化能自养
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chemoautotrophy
570 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
510 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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chemoautotrophy
280 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
278 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
270 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
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chemoautotrophy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chemoautotrophy
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chemoautotrophy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

化学合成独立栄養
130 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
85 millions of speakers

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Chemoautotrophy
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vi

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chemoautotrophy
80 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
75 millions of speakers

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केमोऑटोट्रॉफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chemoautotrophy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chemoautotrophy
65 millions of speakers

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chemoautotrophy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

chemoautotrophy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chemoautotrophy
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el

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chemoautotrophy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chemoautotrophy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chemoautotrophy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chemoautotrophy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chemoautotrophy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEMOAUTOTROPHY»

The term «chemoautotrophy» is used very little and occupies the 190.822 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of chemoautotrophy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEMOAUTOTROPHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chemoautotrophy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chemoautotrophy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chemoautotrophy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEMOAUTOTROPHY»

Discover the use of chemoautotrophy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chemoautotrophy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Processes in Microbial Ecology
... light organ heterotrophy water column Clitellata oligochaetes subcuticular chemoautotrophy coral sands Crustacea shrimp exoskeleton chemoautotrophy vents Echinodermata sea urchins extracellular chemoautotrophy anoxic sediments ...
David L. Kirchman, 2012
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The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats
2.2.1 Chemoautotrophy The essential aspect of chemoautotrophy is that the energy of chemical bonds is converted into a biologically useful form, particularly adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The best documented example of chemoautotrophy ...
David C. Culver, Tanja Pipan, 2009
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Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change
Oxygen also enabled the evolution of several new biochemical pathways of critical significance to the global cycles of biogeochemistry (Raymond and Segre 2006). Two forms of aerobic biochemistry constitute chemoautotrophy. One based ...
William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt, 2013
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Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecology
inclusions are related to the free-living, purple, sulphur-oxidizing bacteria. Evidence that the symbionts are capable of chemoautotrophy is provided by enzyme assays. Cell-free extracts of the trophosome tissue show the presence of enzymes ...
R. S. K. Barnes, K . H. Mann, 2009
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Readings from the Treatise on Geochemistry: A derivative of ...
15.2 CHEMOAUTOTROPHY Organisms capable of reducing sufficient inorganic carbon to grow and reproduce in the dark without an external organic carbon source are called chemoautotrophs (literally, ''chemical selffeeders''). Genetic ...
Heinrich D Holland, Karl K. Turekian, 2010
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
174 The H28 which is released may support a small population of chemoautotrophs throughout the upper part of the sediments. ,chemoauto' trophically ado, by means of a chemoautotrophic chemoautotrophy, In a chemoautotrophic manner.
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Encyclopedia of Caves
This chemical-driven microbial production, chemoautotrophy, can support diverse and fascinating food webs in caves (Sarbu et al., 1996). It turns out though, that most caves that humans can access lack the unique chemistry needed to ...
William B. White, David C. Culver, 2012
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The Princeton Guide to Ecology
CHEMOAUTOTROPHY Organisms capable of reducing sufficient inorganic carbon to grow and reproduce in the dark without an external organic carbon source are called chemoautotrophs (literally, ''chemical self-feeders''). Genetic analyses ...
Simon A. Levin, Stephen R. Carpenter, H. Charles J. Godfray, 2009
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Environmental Microbiology
Chemoautotrophy, the ability to fix carbon using chemical bond energy (i.e., the oxidation of reduced compounds) (see Chapter 3), does not have a similar such marker that is visible from space! Initially, chemoautotropy was believed to occur  ...
Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry J. Gentry, 2014
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Issues in Global Environment: Freshwater and Marine ...
We used quantitative surveys and stable isotope analyses to investigate the contribution of chemoautotrophy to shallow (50 m) and deep (400 m) benthic communities in Doubtful and Bradshaw Sounds,” scientists in Dunedin, New Zealand ...
‎2012

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEMOAUTOTROPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chemoautotrophy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Microbes Buried Deep in Ocean Crust May Form World's Largest …
... stinky black mud, you can have chemoautotrophy,” says Chuck Fisher, a deep-sea biologist at Pennsylvania State University in College Park. «Smithsonian, Mar 13»
2
Extreme cave fish with 'alien' appetites
“Our research shows that organic carbon produced by sulfur bacteria oxidizing dissolved hydrogen sulfide, a process called chemoautotrophy, ... «Futurity: Research News, Oct 11»
3
Virulence from the deep sea
The researchers concluded that 'the deep sea vent chemoautotrophy has provided the core of virulence for important human and animal ... «Chemistry World, Jul 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chemoautotrophy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chemoautotrophy>. Apr 2024 ».
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