Preferred Label : extremophiles;
IUPAC definition : Organisms which require extreme physico-chemical conditions for their optimum growth
and proliferation. Extremophilic microorganisms are e.g. thermophiles or psychrophiles,
halophiles, alkalophiles or acidophiles, osmophiles and barophiles, based on their
growth at extremes of temperature, salt concentration, pH, osmolarity or pressure,
respectively.;
Origin ID : E02310;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Organisms which require extreme physico-chemical conditions for their optimum growth
and proliferation. Extremophilic microorganisms are e.g. thermophiles or psychrophiles,
halophiles, alkalophiles or acidophiles, osmophiles and barophiles, based on their
growth at extremes of temperature, salt concentration, pH, osmolarity or pressure,
respectively.
