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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any heat- and acid-tolerant bacterium or archaeon, typically of the phylum Crenarchaeota
2. 2
   archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acidothermophile

Etymology

From thermo- + acid + -o- + -phile.

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