Chemoautotrophic

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Definition of chemoautotrophic:
Chemoautotrophic organisms deriving energy from chemical reactions with inorganic molecules, and use this energy to synthesize all necessary organic compounds from carbon dioxide. Most are bacteria or archaea. [1]
This is the common definition for chemoautotrophic, other definitions can be discussed in the article

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