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acidophile

noun

Etymology

From acid + -o- + -phile.

  1. derived from acidus
  2. borrowed from acide
  3. formed as acidophile — “acid + -o- + -phile”

Definitions

  1. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions

    An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.

    • The presence of this and other closely related Thermoplasmales suggests that these acidophiles are important contributors to acid mine drainage and may substantially impact iron and sulfur cycles.

The neighborhood

Derived

acidophile body, nonacidophile

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for acidophile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA