Lithoautotrophy
Lithoautotrophy is a special type of chemoautotrophy found in Archaea and Bacteria. Lithoautotrophic organisms utilize inorganic compounds as energy sources. The word lithoautotrophy means "to feed it- or oneself from stone". In ancient Greek, lithos means stone or rock, autos self, and trophein to feed.
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