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Synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water
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chemosynthesis
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1898, from chemo- + synthesis .
Wikipedia
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In biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon molecules (usually carbon dioxide or methane ) and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds (e.g. hydrogen gas, hydrogen sulfide ) or methane ...
WordNet
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n. synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi
Usage examples of chemosynthesis.
This was a living system based not on photosynthesis but on chemosynthesis, an arrangement that biologists would have dismissed as preposterous had anyone been imaginative enough to suggest it.
In the absence of sunlight, creatures depended on chemosynthesis, the transformation of chemical, rather than light, energy into life.
To discover evidence that chemosynthesis was possible, to record that evidence, to prove its existence beyond all reasonable doubtthis was his assignment, a photographer's dream.
Cut out a lot of the talky crap about chemosynthesis and photosynthesis, splice in some older material showing horrible-looking wriggly worms, add shots of the pressure gauges running up past maximum.