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alkalitolerant

alkalitolerant adjective: able to tolerate an alkaline environment.

Adjective

alkalitolerant (not comparable)

  1. Able to tolerate an alkaline environment.
    • Again, interestingly, most of the alkalitolerant taxa with reported pHₘₐₓ of 10–11 were isolated from non-alkaline environments.2010, Koki Horikoshi, Extremophiles Handbook, page 88

Questions about alkalitolerant

What does alkalitolerant mean?
Alkalitolerant means able to tolerate an alkaline environment.
What part of speech is alkalitolerant?
Alkalitolerant is an adjective.

Words near alkalitolerant in the dictionary

  1. alkalise
  2. alkalised
  3. alkalises
  4. alkalising
  5. alkalithermophilic
  6. alkalitolerant
  7. alkaliweed
  8. alkalizate
  9. alkalizateness
  10. alkalization
  11. alkalizations

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