lithoautotroph

(noun)

A microbe that takes energy from reduced compounds of minerals.

Related Terms

  • hyperthermophiles
  • heterotroph

Examples of lithoautotroph in the following topics:

  • Nongenetic Categories for Medicine and Ecology

    • Lithoautotroph: derives energy from reduced compounds of mineral origin.
    • Lithoautotrophs are exclusively microbes and most are bacteria.
    • For lithoautotrophic bacteria, only inorganic molecules can be used as energy sources.
  • Archaeoglobus

    • Archaeoglobus are lithotrophs, and can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic.The archaeoglobus strain A. lithotrophicus are lithoautotrophs, and derive their energy from hydrogen, sulfate and carbon dioxide.
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