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chemosymbiosis

noun

Etymology

From chemo- + symbiosis.

  1. derived from συμβίωσις — “living together”
  2. prefixed as chemosymbiosis — “chemo + symbiosis”

Definitions

  1. A form of symbiosis in which a bacterium provides chemically-derived energy and…

    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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chemosymbiosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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