chemoheterotrophic

chemoheterotrophic

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che·mo·het·ero·tro·phic (ke″mo-het″ər-o-troґfik) heterotrophic; requiring preformed organic compounds as a source of carbon and oxidizing organic compounds as a source of energy.

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