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halophile
[ hal-uh-fahyl ]
noun
Microbiology.
- any organism, most commonly a species of archaea, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
halophile
/ ˈæəʊˌڲɪ /
noun
- an organism that thrives in an extremely salty environment, such as the Dead Sea
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Derived Forms
- ˌˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··· [hal-, uh, -, fil, -ik], ·DZ··dzܲ [ha-, lof, -, uh, -l, uh, s], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of halophile1
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Example Sentences
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One extreme halophile and the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus were known to be exceptions to this generalization; they were considered to have an idiosyncratic wall structure.
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