Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any heat- and acid-tolerant bacterium or archaeon, typically of the phylum Crenarchaeota

More definitions
  • archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures

Forms

plural: thermoacidophiles

Word family

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