English Explanatory Dictionary

methanotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any bacterium or archaeon that consumes methane as a source of carbon and of energy.

Word forms

methanotroph methanotrophs

Etymology

From methane + -o- + -troph.

Synonyms

methanophile

Related words

methanotrophic methanotrophy methylotroph

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