hyperalkaline

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ alkaline

Adjective

hyperalkaline (not comparable)

  1. More than usually alkaline
    • 2015 September 15, “Anoxic Biodegradation of Isosaccharinic Acids at Alkaline pH by Natural Microbial Communities”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      More recently, it has been shown that an alkaliphilic inoculum from a 100 year old, hyperalkaline, lime kiln waste site [27 ] where ISA is generated in-situ [28 ] was capable of ISA degradation under a range of conditions [28, 29 ] above pH 9.0.
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