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Xerophile

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A xerophile is an extremophilic organism that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a low availability of water, also known as water activity. [1]

8 relations: Cactus, Extremophile, Halophile, Mold, Water activity, Xerocole, Xerophyte, Yeast.

Cactus

A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,Although the spellings of botanical families have been largely standardized, there is little agreement among botanists as to how these names are to be pronounced.

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Extremophile

An extremophile (from Latin extremus meaning "extreme" and Greek philiā (φιλία) meaning "love") is an organism that thrives in physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to most life on Earth.

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Halophile

Halophiles are organisms that thrive in high salt concentrations.

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Mold

A mold or mould (is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae.

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Water activity

Water activity or aw is the partial vapor pressure of water in a substance divided by the standard state partial vapor pressure of water.

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Xerocole

A xerocole, commonly referred to as a desert animal, is an animal adapted to live in the desert.

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Xerophyte

A xerophyte (from Greek ξηρός xeros dry, φυτόν phuton plant) is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water, such as a desert or an ice- or snow-covered region in the Alps or the Arctic.

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Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom.

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Hyperxerophilic, Xerophiles, Xerophilous, Xerotolerance, Xerotolerant.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerophile

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