methanotroph

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane as a source of carbon and of energy.
    — Because heterotrophic bacteria rapidly outgrow methanotrophs in media supplemented with complex nutrients, most pure cultures of methanotrophs have been isolated using defined media without organic supplements.

词形变化

methanotrophs plural

词源

Etymology tree
English methane
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English -troph
English methanotroph
From methane + -o- + -troph.
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