alkalophilic

English

Etymology

alkalophile +‎ -ic

Adjective

alkalophilic (comparative more alkalophilic, superlative most alkalophilic)

  1. Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
    • 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:
      We have previously characterized a family 11 xylanase, Xyn11A-LC from alkalophilic Bacillus sp.

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