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Definition of Psychrophilic
1. Adjective. Capable of living at relatively low temperature; used especially of certain bacteria. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Psychrophilic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychrophilic
Literary usage of Psychrophilic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Agricultural Bacteriology by Joseph Eames Greaves (1922)
"psychrophilic bacteria are those which grow best at relatively low temperatures,
usually below 10° C. They are most common in cold waters such as those of ..."
2. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"Studies of microbial diversity in polar oceans have shown, in addition to
psychrophilic bacteria (Wells and Deming. 2003: Huston et al. ..."
3. A Text Book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"The psychrophilic bacteria were found by Foster growing in melting ice. ...
These psychrophilic bacteria are similar to the red snow plants found in the ..."
4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"The psychrophilic bacteria were found by Foster growing in melting ice. ...
These psychrophilic bacteria are similar to the red snow plants found in the ..."
5. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1910)
"... psychrophilic species being about 37° C., for the mesophilic species about
45° to 55° C., and for the ther- mophilic species about 75° C. There are no ..."
6. Pathogenic microörganisms: A Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams, Charles Krumwiede (1920)
"The thermal death-point for the psychrophilic species is about 37° C., for the
mesophilic species about 45° to 55° C., and for the thermophilic species ..."
7. Pathogenic Microörganisms: A Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams, Charles Krumwiede (1917)
"Microorganisms have been classified according to the temperatures at which they
develop, as follows: psychrophilic Microbes.—Minimum at 0° C., ..."
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