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thermophilicity

thermophilicity noun: the quality or state of being thermophilic.

Noun

thermophilicity (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being thermophilic.
    • However, most xylanases reported to date are active and stable at mesophilic temperatures and neutral or weakly acidic pH. Investigators have carried out much research on the thermophilicity of family 11 xylanases, which can contribute to improving the thermophilicity of mesophilic enzymes for...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

Origin of thermophilicity

From thermophilic + -ity.

Words formed from thermophilicity

Questions about thermophilicity

What does thermophilicity mean?
Thermophilicity means the quality or state of being thermophilic.
What part of speech is thermophilicity?
Thermophilicity is a noun.

Words near thermophilicity in the dictionary

  1. thermophile
  2. thermophiles
  3. thermophilia
  4. thermophilic
  5. thermophilically
  6. thermophilicity
  7. thermophilin
  8. thermophilins
  9. thermophilization
  10. thermophilize
  11. thermophillic

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