chemosynthesis
chemosynthesis — noun
1. a way that some living things make their own food by getting energy from chemica
a way that some living things make their own food by getting energy from chemical reactions in substances such as hydrogen sulfide, instead of relying on sunlight.
Giant tube worms at hydrothermal vents depend on chemosynthesis performed by bacteria inside their bodies.
Unlike green plants, the bacteria living in deep-sea sediments use chemosynthesis to produce energy from sulfur compounds.
contrast with photosynthesis using 'unlike'
Marine biologists first confirmed chemosynthesis in 1977 near the Galapagos Rift.
Mussels living at cold methane seeps rely on chemosynthetic bacteria inside their gills for nutrients.
- chemolithotrophy
a more technical synonym used in microbiology for the exact same process
- photosynthesis
the process by which plants and algae use sunlight to produce food; the opposite energy source (light vs. chemicals)
文法句型
chemosynthesis + performed by + [organism]
use/depend on + chemosynthesis
用法筆記
This uncountable noun is almost always used in academic or scientific writing about deep-sea ecology. The opposite process, which uses sunlight, is photosynthesis.