As nouns the difference between microbe and lithoautotroph
is that microbe is (microbiology) any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria while lithoautotroph is (biology) a microbe that takes energy from reduced compounds of minerals.
microbe
English
Noun
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en noun)
(microbiology) Any microorganism, but specially said of those microorganisms which are harmful types of bacteria.
Synonyms
* See also
Related terms
* microorganism
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