Abstract
The subject is discussed under these heads: Development of the concept of chemo-autotrophism (also called chemosynthesis), the synthesis of cell materials in darkness from CO2 and such minerals as H2S, ferrous salts, or NH3; energetic relations in the metabolism of cEemo-autotrophic organisms; and the evolutionary significance of chemo-autotrophic organisms.

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