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What is a halophile?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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Beerowe2000

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14y ago

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A halophile is a type of archeabacteria, this peticular species thrives in salty sollutions there for it is found in places such as the dead see and the great salt lake. Halophile acutally means "salt-lover" in greek. While many other organisms, being placed in such a hypertonic sollution, would go through plasmolysis (shrivel up), these organims have optimal growth in areas where the salt content is between 20 and 30 percent.

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Prokaryote archaeabacterial extremophile. Salt tolerance in this one.

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it belongs to the kingdom Archeabacteria.

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