alkalophilic

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adjective

Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.

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Meanings

adjectivealkalophilic (comparative more alkalophilic, superlative most alkalophilic)

comparative more alkalophilic · superlative most alkalophilic

  1. Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.

    We have previously characterized a family 11 xylanase, Xyn11A-LC from alkalophilic Bacillus sp.

    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

Origin

From alkalophile + -ic.

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APA

alkalophilic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkalophilic

MLA

“alkalophilic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkalophilic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alkalophilic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkalophilic.

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