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Meaning of "acidophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACIDOPHILE

acidophile  [ˈæsɪdəʊˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACIDOPHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acidophile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACIDOPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Acidophile

Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions. These organisms can be found in different branches of the tree of life, including Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACIDOPHILE


audiophile
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfaɪl
discophile
ˈdɪskəʊˌfaɪl
electrophile
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌfaɪl
Europhile
ˈjʊərəʊˌfaɪl
Francophile
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfaɪl
haemophile
ˈhiːməʊˌfaɪl
halophile
ˈhæləʊˌfaɪl
hydrophile
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪl
hygrophile
ˈhaɪɡrəʊˌfaɪl
hyperthermophile
ˌhaɪpəˈθɜːməʊˌfaɪl
mesophile
ˈmɛsəʊˌfaɪl
necrophile
ˈnɛkrəʊˌfaɪl
Negrophile
ˈniːɡrəʊˌfaɪl
paedophile
ˈpiːdəʊˌfaɪl
Russophile
ˈrʌsəʊˌfaɪl
Sinophile
ˈsaɪnəʊˌfaɪl
spermophile
ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪl
technophile
ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl
thermophile
ˈθɜːməʊˌfaɪl
videophile
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACIDOPHILE

acidimetrical
acidimetrically
acidimetry
acidities
acidity
acidity regulator
acidly
acidness
acidometer
acidophil
acidophilic
acidophilous
acidophilus
acidophilus milk
acidosis
acidotic
acidulate
acidulation
acidulent
acidulous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACIDOPHILE

ailurophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
basophile
bibliophile
cartophile
chile
cinephile
eosinophile
extremophile
heterophile
homophile
logophile
neutrophile
nucleophile
oenophile
pedophile
siderophile
Slavophile
xenophile
zoophile

Synonyms and antonyms of acidophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acidophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACIDOPHILE

Find out the translation of acidophile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acidophile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acidophile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

嗜酸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acidophile
570 millions of speakers

English

acidophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acidophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

acidophile
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

acidophile
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acidophile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acidophile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acidophiles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acidophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acidophile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酸好
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acidophile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asam-asam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acidophile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acidophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एसिफोफाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acidophile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acidofile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acidophile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

acidophile
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acidofilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acidophile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acidophile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acidophile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acidophile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acidophile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACIDOPHILE»

The term «acidophile» is normally little used and occupies the 149.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACIDOPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acidophile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acidophile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acidophile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACIDOPHILE»

Discover the use of acidophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acidophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biological Actions of Sex Hormones
Normally the glandular cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary are of three main types, namely chromophobe, acidophile and basophile, chromophobes being regarded as the parents of the other two. The relative numbers of these cells vary in ...
Harold Burrows, 2003
2
Extremophiles: Microbiology and Biotechnology
specific reviews have been published, including on acidophile ecology (Hallberg and Johnson, 2001; Rawlings and Johnson, 2007), metabolism (Rohwerder and Sand, 2007; Ghosh and Dam, 2009; Johnson and Hallberg, 2009; Quatrini et ...
Roberto Paul Anitori, 2012
3
Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial ...
(1996) Sulfurisphaera Ohwakuensis Ohwaku Valley, Japan 85 Acidophile Kurosawa et al. (1998) Thermocladium modeslies Japan 75 — Itoh et al. (1998) Caldivirga maquilingensis Philippines 85 Sulfur reducer Itoh et a1. (1999) Sulfolobus ...
Tulasi Satyanarayana, Jennifer Littlechild, Yutaka Kawarabayasi, 2013
4
Biomining
10. Acidophile. Diversity. in. Mineral. Sulfide. Oxidation. PAUL R. NORRIS ... sulfur-oxidizing acidophile was known as Thiobacillus ferrooxidans before it was renamed to reflect the evolutionary separation of acidophilic thiobacilli from the type ...
Douglas E. Rawlings, D. Barrie Johnson, 2006
5
Helicobacter pylori Infection and Immunity: Infection and ...
Initially, it was believed that H. pylori was an acidophile, based largely on its stomach habitat. Studies of its acid tolerance, however, suggested that the bacteria were in fact neutralophiles and could not grow in vitro in media acidified to below ...
Yoshimasa Yamamoto, Herman Friedman, Paul S. Hoffman, 2001
6
The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An ...
Boreal Europe, North America (the nominal variety is restricted to the tropics and subtropics); an acidophile, restricted mostly to the plankton of nutrient-poor Scottish lochs of Perthshire, Sutherland and the Shetland Islands. The var. europa ...
David M. John, Brian A. Whitton, Alan J. Brook, 2002
7
Encyclopedia of Microbiology
At the other end of the temperature spectrum, the most thermophilic extreme acidophile known is the facultatively anaerobic sulfur-metabolizing archaeon Acidianus infernus, which has a growth temperature optimum of 90 C and a maximum of ...
‎2009
8
Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective: ...
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100:7883–7888 Parro V, Moreno-Paz M (2004) Nitrogen fixation in acidophile iron-oxidizing bacteria: the nif regulon of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans. Res Microbiol 155:703–709 Paulino LC, de Mello MP, Ottoboni LM  ...
Larry Barton, Alexander Loy, Martin Mandl, 2010
9
Topics in Ecological and Environmental Microbiology
At the other end of the temperature spectrum, the most thermophilic extreme acidophile known is the facultatively anaerobic sulfur-metabolizing archaeon Acidianus infernus, which has a growth temperature optimum of 90 °C and a maximum ...
Thomas Mitchell Schmidt, Moselio Schaechter, 2012
10
Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology
At the other end of the temperature spectrum, the most thermophilic extreme acidophile known is the facultatively anaerobic sulfur-metabolizing archaeon Acidianus infernus, which has a growth temperature optimum of 90 C and a maximum of ...
Moselio Schaechter, 2010

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACIDOPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acidophile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bizarre Virus Can't Be Killed By Nearly Boiling Acid But You Don't …
"The nonenveloped, rod-shaped virus SIRV2 (Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2) infects the hyperthermophilic acidophile Sulfolobus ... «Tech Times, May 15»
2
[Report] A virus that infects a hyperthermophile encapsidates A-form …
The nonenveloped, rod-shaped virus SIRV2 (Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2) infects the hyperthermophilic acidophile Sulfolobus ... «Military Technologies, May 15»
3
Cloning, expression, and characterization of a Coxiella burnetii Cu …
It has been well established that C. burnetii is an acidophile [19]-[21] and although the cytoplasmic pH of the organism remains near neutral ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
4
If there is Life in Venus Cloud Tops - Do we Need to Protect Earth …
That last possibility is an obvious microhabitat for an acidophile from Venus - though it would be used to sulfuric acid rather than hydrochloric ... «Science 2.0, Jan 14»
5
Acidic Europa May Eat Away at Chances for Complex Life
The acidophile Ferroplasmaeven has been found growing at pH 0 in California's Iron Mountain acid mine drainage. "The microbes there have ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Feb 12»
6
For the love of science
Along with other interns and lab staff, she worked on a project called "Genetic Engineering of a Moderately Thermophilic Acidophile" ... «Montana State University, Mar 10»

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