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chemoheterotroph (s) (noun), chemoheterotrophs (pl)
An organism that obtains carbon from organic compunds but obtains energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds: "An organism that obtains carbon from organic compounds but obtains energy from light is known as a photoheterotroph; while an organism which obtains carbon from organic compunds but obtains energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds, is referred to as a chemoheterotroph."
This entry is located in the following unit: tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 2)