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halophile

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hal·o·phile  (hl-fl)
n.
An organism that requires a salty environment.
halo·philic (-flk), ha·lophi·lous (h-lf-ls) adj.
halophile [ˈhæləʊˌfaɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an organism that thrives in an extremely salty environment, such as the Dead Sea
halophilic  adj
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Noun1.halophile - archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
halophil
archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria - considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
halobacter, halobacteria, halobacterium - halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats
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However, halophiles or salt-lovers, have adapted to thrive in salt concentrations 10 times those in sea water, or even higher - for example in Utah's Great Salt Lake.
Life on the edge by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Salt marsh halophiles contained unique ribosomal sequences, and a variety of extreme species possessed unusual lipids with ether as opposed to ester bonds linked into branched rather than straight chains.
The Third Domain: Untold Story of Archaea and the Future of ... by Krause, Kenneth / The Humanist
another halophile isolated from the same salt springs area, and RS6GR, a variant or mutant of RS6GS that grows normally in a glucose-containing medium.
EFFECT OF GLYCATION REVERSAL AGENTS ON GLUCOSE TOXICITY IN A ... by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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