Many vent-site bacteria were found to be capable of chemosynthesis .

许多喷口地带的细菌能够进行化学合成。

This process is called chemosynthesis , and a lot of different microbes can do it , microbes living in rocks and soils all over the world .

这个过程叫做化能合成，并且很多不同的微生物都能利用这种能源，比如世界各地生活在岩石和土壤中的微生物。

They 've also found that , in large areas of the seafloor , chemosynthesis may be as important to life as photosynthesis is elsewhere .

他们还发现化合作用对于大面积的海底生物来说就好像光合作用对其他地区生物一样重要。

To use nitrate as electron donor in the electron transport chain during chemosynthesis .

利用硝酸盐作为化学合成作用中,电子传递链之电子提供者.

Instead of photosynthesis , these organisms perform chemosynthesis to produce energy .

而不是光合作用，这些生物进行化学合成生产能源。