Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. metabolism
  4. energy metabolism
  5. chemosynthesis
  1. Fields of Study
  2. biochemistry
  3. metabolism
  4. energy metabolism
  5. chemosynthesis

Preferred term

chemosynthesis

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A microbial process where energy is obtained by the oxidation of inorganic compounds to synthesise organic compounds, typically in the absence of sunlight.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/317870

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/15/18, last modified 11/14/18