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n. An organism that requires a salty environment.

n. an organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile

n. archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival

"The bacteria that grew in severely P-depleted and As-enriched conditions were identified as members of a halophile salt-loving family already known to accumulate intracellular As. When deprived of P, they grew slowly and looked bloated because they were full of vacuoles, cellular organelles that manage waste and grow larger and more numerous when cells are under stress."

archaebacteria    archaebacterium    archeobacteria    archaeobacteria   

halophyte    halobacteria    halotolerance    halophilic   

halobacteria    halobacterium    halobacter