thermophilic
Americanadjective
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growing best in a warm environment.
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(of bacteria) growing best at temperatures between 50° and 60°C.
Etymology
Origin of thermophilic
Example Sentences
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This unique MAA appears to play an important role in helping Gloeocapsa species tolerate environmental stress and likely serves several functions within these thermophilic cyanobacteria.
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
In a new study, researchers led by Professor Hakuto Kageyama of Meijo University and Professor Rungaroon Waditee-Sirisattha of Chulalongkorn University identified a novel MAA produced by thermophilic cyanobacteria living in hot springs in Thailand.
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
Oxygen is pumped in to increase thermophilic, or heat-loving, microbial activity.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019
The temperatures are very high in the hydrothermal vent, so the prokaryotes would be thermophilic.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Using thermophilic variants of cyanobacteria, which grow well between 35 °C and 50 °C, could be one solution to this expensive temperature control.
From Nature • Aug. 15, 2012
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