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  • adjective of, or relating to a halophile
  • adjective living and thriving in an environment of high salinity

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Examples

  • Vibrio vulnificus lives in warm seawater and is "halophilic" -- requiring salt.

    NSF News 2010

  • The halophilic salt-loving archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi is, of course, both.

    Archive 2006-11-01 AYDIN 2006

  • It is likely that production time may be further reduced if strongly halophilic, proteolytic, and thermophilic Bacillus and Pediococcus species used in the laboratory can be used in production.

    17 Using Mixed Starter Cultures for Thai Nham 1992

  • Such integrated utilization of photosynthetic products will certainly assume growing importance, and is a feature of many advanced processes like the Israeli production of glycerol from halophilic algae.

    Chapter 29 1979

  • "This is an exciting possibility for those of us studying salt-loving halophilic micro-organisms here on Earth, since it opens the possibility that these kinds of hearty bugs may also inhabit our neighbouring planet," he said.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • This article provides evidence for identification of halophilic microbes as the major cause of fish spoilage, and is one of the earliest publications in the field of halophile microbiology.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Priya DasSarma 2010

  • S, Allers T, Spohn G, Soppa J (2006) Regulated polyploidy in halophilic archaea.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jenna L. Morgan et al. 2010

  • Preliminary sequence data from this mixture included no reads from the halophilic archaeon,

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jenna L. Morgan et al. 2010

  • SM-A87 accumulates organic osmolytes in the cell, so its extracelluar proteins are more halophilic than its intracellular proteins.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Qi-Long Qin 2010

  • SM-A87 accumulates organic osmolytes in the cell, so its extracelluar proteins are more halophilic than its intracellular proteins.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Qi-Long Qin 2010

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  • Living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.

    December 13, 2007