Examples of chemoautotrophic in the following topics:
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- Chemoautotrophs and chemoheterotrophs make their food using chemical energy rather than solar energy.
- Chemoautotrophs are able to synthesize their own organic molecules from the fixation of carbon dioxide.
- Chemoautotrophs are able to thrive in very harsh environments, such as deep sea vents, due to their lack of dependence on outside sources of carbon other than carbon dioxide.
- Chemoheterotrophs, unlike chemoautotrophs, are unable to synthesize their own organic molecules.
- They do, however, still obtain energy from the oxidation of inorganic molecules like the chemoautotrophs.
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- Chemoautotrophs are also a type of autotroph.
- Most chemoautotrophs are bacteria and archaea that live in hostile environments (such as deep sea vents).
- Chemoautotrophs are thought to be the first organisms to inhabit earth.
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- Most members are facultatively or obligately anaerobic, chemoautotrophs, and heterotrophic, but there are numerous exceptions.
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- Chemoautotrophs generally fall into several groups: methanogens, halophiles, sulfur oxidizers and reducers, nitrifiers, anammox bacteria, and thermoacidophiles.
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- Nitrosomonas is a genus comprising rod shaped chemoautotrophic bacteria.
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- Nitrobacter is a genus of mostly rod-shaped, gram-negative, and chemoautotrophic bacteria.
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- Chemoautotrophs, organisms that obtain carbon through chemosynthesis, are phylogenetically diverse.
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- Autotrophs make their own food by using the energy of sunlight or chemical reactions, in which case they are called chemoautotrophs.
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- Although people often imagine plants as the most important part of the terrestrial carbon cycle, microorganisms such as single celled algae and chemoautotrophic bacteria are also important in converting atmospheric CO2 into terrestrial carbon.