alkaliphile

(noun)

any organism that lives and thrives in an alkaline environment, such as a soda lake; a form of extremophile

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Examples of alkaliphile in the following topics:

  • Microbial Growth at Low or High pH

    • Alkaliphiles are microbes that thrive in alkaline environments with a pH of 9 to 11, such as playa lakes and carbonate-rich soils.
    • To survive, alkaliphiles maintain a relatively low alkaline level of about 8 pH inside their cells by constantly pumping hydrogen ions in the form of hydronium ions (H3O+) across their cell membranes and into their cytoplasm.

  • Habitats and Energy Metabolism of Crenarchaeota

  • Extremophiles and Biofilms

    • For example, a soda lake is both salty and alkaline, so organisms that live in a soda lake must be both alkaliphiles and halophiles.