Extremophile is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Extremophile meaning
Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.
Using Extremophile
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of many organisms that live under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, etc; many are autotrophs; some are commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.
- In the example corpus, extremophile often appears in combinations such as: of extremophile.
Context around Extremophile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extremophile
- In this selection, "extremophile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, certain, psychrophile, organisms and micro stand out and add context to how "extremophile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include family of extremophile psychrophile and and genomes of extremophile organisms such. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extremophile" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extremophile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are a type of extremophile organism. (7 words)
Grylloblattidae is a family of extremophile ( psychrophile ) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains. (19 words)
These springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile micro-organisms, that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments. (21 words)
Higher GC content results in higher melting temperatures; it is, therefore, unsurprising that the genomes of extremophile organisms such as Thermus thermophilus are particularly GC-rich. (26 words)
These springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile micro-organisms, that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments. (21 words)
Grylloblattidae is a family of extremophile ( psychrophile ) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Grylloblattidae is a family of extremophile ( psychrophile ) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains.
Higher GC content results in higher melting temperatures; it is, therefore, unsurprising that the genomes of extremophile organisms such as Thermus thermophilus are particularly GC-rich.
These springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile micro-organisms, that are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments.
They are a type of extremophile organism.
Common combinations with extremophile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of extremophile 3×