Baikalian

English

Etymology

From Baikal +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Baikalian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
   • 2016, Valentina V. Parfenova, Natalia L. Belkova, Olga S. Pestunova, Mariya Yu. Suslova, Olga N. Pavlova, “Microbiological Monitoring of Lake Baikal”, in Lothar Mueller, Askhad K. Sheudshen, Frank Eulenstein, editors, Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia (Springer Water), Cham: Springer, →ISBN, page 138:

     One of the dominant groups of Baikalian microorganisms consists of bacteria which are able to switch into an uncultivable state when adapting to the extreme conditions of the lake (Belkova 2004).

Related terms

• Baikalia