alkalophilic
English
Etymology
alkalophile + -ic
Adjective
alkalophilic (comparative more alkalophilic, superlative most alkalophilic)
- Able to survive and grow in an alkaline environment.
- 2015 July 11, “Structural Insight into and Mutational Analysis of Family 11 Xylanases: Implications for Mechanisms of Higher pH Catalytic Adaptation”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- We have previously characterized a family 11 xylanase, Xyn11A-LC from alkalophilic Bacillus sp.