(thing) by Queequeg Mon Nov 06 2000 at 16:32:20
The ability of some microorganism to utilize the chemical energy contained in certain inorganic chemicals such as hydrogen sulfide for the production of organic material.
Such organisms are producers.
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(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Jan 23 2006 at 14:08:14

Chem`o*syn"the*sis (?), n. [Chemical + synthesis.] (Plant Physiol.)

Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet"ic (#), a.

 

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