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Definition of Chemosynthetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemosynthetic
Literary usage of Chemosynthetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"... of chemosynthetic assimilation, nor as to the first organic products formed ;
neither has it been determined whether a portion of the synthesized carbon ..."
2. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"chemosynthetic bacteria capable of growth on reduced Mn or S, or both, were
particularly abundant. Viable counts of Mn-S oxidizing bacteria constituted from ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... is exactly coincident with its absorption bands. Investigation in several
lines must cooperate to solve this problem. The chemosynthetic activity of the ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"With these considerations the first volume closes. The second volume continues
the treatment of chemosynthetic activity. More than two hundred pages are ..."
5. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonicsby W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"Thus, the base of the deep-sea ecosystem's food chain may comprise both chemosynthetic
and, probably in small proportion, photosynthetic bacteria. ..."
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