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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2011/03/01 04:26 UTC 版)
polyextremophile (複数形 polyextremophiles)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/03/26 18:35 UTC 版)
A polyextremophile (faux Ancient Greek for 'friend of many extremes') is an organism which combines several extremophilic features. For example, a polyextremophile living at the summit of a mountain in the Atacama Desert might be a radioresistant xerophile, a psychrophile, and an oligotroph. Polyextremophiles are well known for their ability to tolerate both high and low pH levels.