chemosymbiosis

English

Etymology

From chemo- +‎ symbiosis.

Noun

chemosymbiosis (countable and uncountable, plural chemosymbioses)

  1. (ecology) A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and nutrients, often via the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide, to a higher organism
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