化か学がく合ごう成せい

noun

chemosynthesis

Scientific term for the synthesis of organic compounds by living organisms using energy from chemical reactions, typically in environments without sunlight.

• 深しん海かいの熱ねっ水すい噴ふん出しゅつ孔こう付ふ近きんでは、化か学がく合ごう成せいを行おこなう細さい菌きんが生せい態たい系けいの基き盤ばんとなっている。

  Near deep-sea hydrothermal vents, chemosynthetic bacteria form the foundation of the ecosystem.