Definitions For Extremophile

Noun

EXTREMOPHILE (plural EXTREMOPHILEs) (ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

Translations

Catalan: extremòfil, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 嗜極生物, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 嗜极生物 (shìjí shēngwù, sc=Hani) Dutch: extremofiel, m Finnish: ekstremofiili French: extrêmophile Greek: ακρόφιλος, m Portuguese: extremófilo, m Russian: экстремофи́л, m Spanish: extremófilo, m Swedish: extremofil, c

See also

acidophile alkaliphile barophile / piezophile halophile hyperthermophile mesophile microaerophile polyextremophile psychrophile thermophile

Etymology

from extreme , -o- , -phile.