Definition of "acidophilic" []

• Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria. (adjective)
• Easily stained with acid dyes: an acidophilic cell. (adjective)

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• "Isolation of acidophilic methane-oxidizing bacteria from northern peat wetlands."
• "Methylocella palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methane-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium from peat bogs, representing a novel subtype of serine-pathway methanotrophs."
• "The acidophilic methanotrophs form two new genera: Methylocapsaand Methylocella [42], the latter affiliating with heterotrophic Beijerinckia indica."