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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.
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- Chemolithotrophic Growth
- Growth, Chemoautotrophic
- Growth, Chemolithotrophic
- Chemoautotrophy
- Chemolithoautotrophic Growth
- Chemolithoautotrophy
- Chemolithotrophy
- Growth, Chemolithoautotrophic
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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2007
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- National Library of Medicine. Chemoautotrophic Growth. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052837. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052837
- Chemoautotrophic Growth. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71148291