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What does halophilic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word halophilic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, or relating to a halophile; living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.
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Kogut M The 'true' intracellular environment of moderately halophilic eubacteria.
The halophilic vegetation is replaced by halophobic vegetation which is able to develop due to a supply of fresh groundwater.
Certain halophilic bacteria live on water adsorbed on a single crystal of salt.
Moderately halophilic bacteria grow in conditions of 5 to 20 percent salt and are found in salt brines and muds.
Vibrio vulnificus is a motile, halophilic, rod-shaped gram-negative pathogen that lives in estuarine environments.
These pictures show an immense bloom of a halophilic archaean species, in a saline pond at a salt works near San Quintin, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

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