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Noun
1

An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.

See Also
energy environment molecule electron organism chemotrophy chemotrophic oxidation
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Rhyming Words
soph loph toph qoph troph aroph notoph gonoph biotroph syntroph ectoloph mesoloph theosoph morosoph metaloph paraloph polytroph auxotroph mixotroph autotroph
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