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I've been collecting articles on extremophile bacteria for at least the last ten years. I find them fascinating, whether they live in boiling pools at Yellowstone, around thermal vents at the floors of the oceans, or on Mars, where NASA has been searching for them as the first evidence of life beyond Earth.
Will Hobbs

Meaning of "extremophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTREMOPHILE

extremophile  [ɪkˈstrɛməˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTREMOPHILE

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extremophile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXTREMOPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

extremophile

Extremophile

An extremophile (from Latin extremus meaning "extreme" and Greek philiā (φιλία) meaning "love") is an organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to most life on Earth. In contrast, organisms that live in more moderate environments may be termed mesophiles or neutrophiles.

Definition of extremophile in the English dictionary

The definition of extremophile in the dictionary is a microbe that lives in an environment once thought to be uninhabitable, for example in boiling or frozen water.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTREMOPHILE


ailourophile
aɪˈluːrəˌfaɪl
ailurophile
aɪˈlʊərəˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cartophile
ˈkɑːtəˌfaɪl
eosinophile
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl
Germanophile
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl
gerontophile
dʒɛˈrɒntəˌfaɪl
heterophile
ˈhɛtərəˌfaɪl
homophile
ˈhəʊməˌfaɪl
logophile
ˈlɒɡəˌfaɪl
neophile
ˈniːəˌfaɪl
neutrophile
ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl
oenophile
ˈiːnəˌfaɪl
ombrophile
ˈɒmbrəˌfaɪl
rheophile
ˈriːəˌfaɪl
serrefile
ˈsɛrəˌfaɪl
siderophile
ˈsɪdərəˌfaɪl
xenophile
ˈzɛnəˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTREMOPHILE

extreat
Extremadura
extremal
extreme
extreme fighting
extreme ironing
extreme programming
extreme sport
extreme unction
extremely
extremely high frequency
extremely low frequency
extremeness
extremes
extremism
extremist
extremities
extremity
extremum
extricable

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTREMOPHILE

acidophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
audiophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Europhile
Francophile
halophile
hydrophile
mesophile
necrophile
nucleophile
paedophile
pedophile
Russophile
Sinophile
technophile
thermophile
videophile

Synonyms and antonyms of extremophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «extremophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTREMOPHILE

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

Translator English - Chinese

嗜极
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extremófilo
570 millions of speakers

English

extremophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

extremophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في الظروف القصوى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экстремофилов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extremophile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক্সট্রিমোফিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extremophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Extremophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

extremo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極限
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

extremophile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extremophile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

extremophile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

extremophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायरोफाइल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ekstremofil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estremofilo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

extremophile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

екстремофіл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extremophile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

extremophile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

extremophile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extremophile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ekstremofile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extremophile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTREMOPHILE»

The term «extremophile» is normally little used and occupies the 119.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTREMOPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extremophile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extremophile» 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 extremophile

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QUOTES WITH «EXTREMOPHILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word extremophile.
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Will Hobbs
I've been collecting articles on extremophile bacteria for at least the last ten years. I find them fascinating, whether they live in boiling pools at Yellowstone, around thermal vents at the floors of the oceans, or on Mars, where NASA has been searching for them as the first evidence of life beyond Earth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTREMOPHILE»

Discover the use of extremophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extremophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Protein Expression Technologies: Current Status and Future ...
GC content of the extremophile genes compared to the host would pose insurmountable obstacles for successful recombinant production of extremophile proteins in traditional non-extremophile expression hosts such as E, coli, yeast. and ...
François Baneyx, 2004
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Extremophile: Organism, Medicine, Geochemistry, Extreme ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Articles on Environmental Microbiology, Including: ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Articles on Extremophiles, Including: Extremophile, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Earth Alive!: From Microbes to a Living Planet
In Antarctica, another type of extremophile surviving extreme low temperatures and hardship is the 'endolithic' lichens that live within rock surfaces, having their photobiont (light-requiring algal or cyanobacterial) component close to the surface ...
Mary E. White, 2003
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Extremophiles: Sustainable Resources and Biotechnological ...
... 359–360 deriving from extremophilic organisms, 359 functions of, 336 of halophilic microorganisms, 361–362 with immunomodulatory activity, 360 physical properties of, 358–359 produced by extremophile bacteria, 336–345 producers of, ...
Om V. Singh, 2012
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Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture: Prospects for the 21st ...
Most important will be those extremophile species that are close relatives of established models and/ or crops. The importance of work with extremophile species, and in particular extremophile relatives of Arabidopsis, has been pointed out ...
A. Altman, Paul M. Hasegawa, 2012
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Popular Science
EXTREMOPHILE EXCAVATOR NEVER HAS SUCCESS SMELLED LESS SWEET # JH "Take some of ^^V the most dra- matic shore- line you can imagine: seabirds, gigantic mountains and volcanoes — truly dramatic. Now imagine that you ...
9
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life
6.2 What is an extremophile? The word 'extremophile', coined by Bob MacElroy ( 1974) from the Latin 'extremus' and the Greek 'philos', literally means 'lover of extremes'. Unfortunately, even the definition is not as clear as one might think.
Ralph Pudritz, Paul Higgs, Jonathon Stone, 2007
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Isoprenoid Ether Lipid Biosynthesis in the Extremophile, ...
These works are packaged and produced by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI.
Denton Lai, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTREMOPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term extremophile is used in the context of the following news items.
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​No extraterrestrial life forms on Philae's comet after all?
... be homes to living ”extremophile” organisms. They suggested the comet's organic-rich black crust could be home to living organisms existing ... «RT, Jul 15»
2
Did we find alien life on a comet? Scientists say yes
In other words, whatever's happening 67P is happening too quickly to be acting without help from extremophile microorganisms. Wallis told ... «Fusion, Jul 15»
3
How Silicon Valley Could Really Change the World
To note a few: in the biology of extremophile bacteria (maybe one day engineered to yield finished diesel), in quantum physics (leading to ... «City Journal, Jul 15»
4
Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an …
Impact of single-cell genomics and metagenomics on the emerging view of extremophile “microbial dark matter”. Extremophiles 5: 865–875. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
Scientists plan to make Mars hospitable
Jackson said that after a natural or man-made disaster, it would be possible to engineer new types of extremophile organisms capable of ... «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
6
DARPA Wants To Use Genetically Engineered Organisms To Make …
According to Jackson, extremophile organisms can be re-engineered for that purpose, taking advantage of their inate ability to survive in ... «Tech Times, Jun 15»
7
Research Lives! Record Funding Draws More than 100 Undergrads …
“I still love biology, and I'm especially interested in extremophile species like cavefishes,” Bradbury-Wallad says, noting that he jumped at the chance to work on ... «NIJT News, Jun 15»
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DARPA wants to engineer from millions of organisms and not just …
Jackson said that after a natural or man-made disaster, it'd be possible to engineer new types of extremophile organisms capable of surviving ... «Next Big Future, Jun 15»
9
Habitability Of Mars - Salty Seeps, Liquid Layers In Polar Ice, Ice …
There Cryomyces antarcticus is an extremophile fungi, one of several from Antarctic dry deserts. Knufia perforans is a fungi from hot arid ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»
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Substantial reprogramming of the Eutrema salsugineum …
The major phytoalexins of Eutrema salsugineum (Thellungiella salsuginea), which has recently been established as an extremophile model ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»

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