chemoorganoheterotrophic

adjective

That employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.

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Meanings

adjectivechemoorganoheterotrophic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyThat employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.

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

    2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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

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chemoorganoheterotrophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoorganoheterotrophic

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