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alkalotolerant

alkalotolerant is the alternative form of alkalitolerant.

Meaning of alkalitolerant

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 alkalotolerant

What is alkalotolerant the alternative form of?
Alkalotolerant is the alternative form of alkalitolerant.

Words near alkalotolerant in the dictionary

  1. alkalophilic
  2. alkalophilicity
  3. alkaloses
  4. alkalosis
  5. alkalotic
  6. alkalotolerant
  7. alkaluria
  8. alkamide
  9. alkamides
  10. alkamine
  11. alkamines

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