acidophile

acid +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

acidophile (plural acidophiles)

1. An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
   • 2000 - Edwards KJ, Bond PL, Gihring TM, Banfield JF. An archaeal iron-oxidizing extreme acidophile important in acid mine drainage. Science 287(5459), pages 1796–1799, pmid:10710303:

     The presence of this and other closely related Thermoplasmales suggests that these acidophiles are important contributors to acid mine drainage and may substantially impact iron and sulfur cycles.

   1. A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
      • unknown - Unknown author. FORMATION OF PEATS: Type of Vegetation. Retrieved 2005-03-13:

        Examples of acid vegetation include specific plant associations dominated by heath, sphagnum moss and many other acidophile plants.

• acidophile body

• acidophil, acidophilia, acidophilic

acide +‎ -phile

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acidophile (plural acidophiles)

1. acidophilic

acidophile m (plural acidophiles)

1. acidophile

acidophile

1. inflection of acidophil:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular