acidophile
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acidophile (plural acidophiles)
- An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
- 2000, Edwards KJ, Bond PL, Gihring TM, Banfield JF, “An archaeal iron-oxidizing extreme acidophile important in acid mine drainage.”, in Science, 287(5459), pages 1796-1799, pmid:10710303:
- The presence of this and other closely related Thermoplasmales suggests that these acidophiles are important contributors to acid mine drainage and may substantially impact iron and sulfur cycles.
- A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
- unknown - Unknown author. FORMATION OF PEATS: Type of Vegetation. Retrieved 2005-03-13:
- Examples of acid vegetation include specific plant associations dominated by heath, sphagnum moss and many other acidophile plants.
- unknown - Unknown author. FORMATION OF PEATS: Type of Vegetation. Retrieved 2005-03-13:
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acidophile (plural acidophiles)
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acidophile m (plural acidophiles)
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acidophile
- inflection of acidophil: