Definition of Chemosynthesis. Meaning of Chemosynthesis. Synonyms of Chemosynthesis

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Definition of Chemosynthesis

Chemosynthesis
Chemosynthesis 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.

Meaning of Chemosynthesis from wikipedia

- hypothesized that anaerobic chemosynthesis may support life below the surface of Mars, Jupiter's moon Europa, and other planets. Chemosynthesis may have also been...
- In molecular nanotechnology, chemosynthesis is any chemical synthesis where reactions occur due to random thermal motion, a class which encomp****es almost...
- Hydrogen sulfide chemosynthesis is a form of chemosynthesis which uses hydrogen sulfide. It is common in hydrothermal vent microbial communities Due to...
- hydrothermal vents. Chemoautotrophs are autotrophic organisms that can rely on chemosynthesis, i.e. deriving biological energy from chemical reactions of environmental...
- between the tube worm Riftia and chemosynthetic bacteria. It is this chemosynthesis that supports the complex communities that can be found around hydrothermal...
- life, chemotrophs, that appear to gain all their metabolic energy from chemosynthesis driven by hydrothermal vents, thus showing that some life may not require...
- based completely on chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis. Similar caves where life partly or fully depends on chemosynthesis have been found in Ein-Nur...
- it is not known if multi-step processes such as photosynthesis or chemosynthesis are used in radiosynthesis or even if radiosynthesis exists in living...
- nutrients for deep sea communities are marine snow, whale falls, and chemosynthesis at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Prior to the 19th century scientists...
- sunlight. Bacteria instead use sulfur compounds as an energy source, via chemosynthesis. Counterclockwise is also the direction of revolution around the Sun...