aerophilic

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Adj.1.aerophilic - depending on free oxygen or airaerophilic - depending on free oxygen or air; "aerobic fermentation"
aerobic, aerophilous
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The presence of the diatom Pinnularia borealis (an aerophilic species) also suggests that the area was either a wash zone or contained enough moisture to sustain diatom growth.
Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a mid-Pliocene fossil site in the High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut): evidence of an ancient peatland with beaver activity
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