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alkalophilic

alkalophilic adjective: able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.

Adjective

alkalophilic (comparative more alkalophilic, superlative most alkalophilic)

  1. Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
    • We have previously characterized a family 11 xylanase, Xyn11A-LC from alkalophilic Bacillus sp.2015 July 11, “Structural Insight into and Mutational Analysis of Family 11 Xylanases: Implications for Mechanisms of Higher pH Catalytic Adaptation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of alkalophilic

comparativemore alkalophilic
superlativemost alkalophilic

Origin of alkalophilic

From alkalophile + -ic.

Words formed from alkalophilic

Questions about alkalophilic

What does alkalophilic mean?
Alkalophilic means able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
What part of speech is alkalophilic?
Alkalophilic is an adjective.

Words near alkalophilic in the dictionary

  1. alkaloidiferous
  2. alkaloids
  3. alkalonic acid
  4. alkalophile
  5. alkalophiles
  6. alkalophilic
  7. alkalophilicity
  8. alkaloses
  9. alkalosis
  10. alkalotic
  11. alkalotolerant

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