Explore Halophilic through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Halophilic in a sentence
Halophilic meaning
Of, or relating to a halophile; living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.
Using Halophilic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to a halophile; living and thriving in an environment of high salinity.
- In the example corpus, halophilic often appears in combinations such as: most halophilic.
Context around Halophilic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Halophilic
- In this selection, "halophilic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, extremely, numerous, bacteria, yeast and species stand out and add context to how "halophilic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2000 extremely halophilic bacteria in and and not halophilic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "halophilic" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with halophilic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Most halophilic and all halotolerant organisms expend energy to exclude salt from their cytoplasm to avoid protein aggregation (' salting out '). (20 words)
Once packed in salt, fermentation is minimal and only initiated by the most halophilic yeast species such as Debaryomyces hansenii. (20 words)
Anton, J., Rossello-Mora, R., Rodriguez-Valera, F., and Amann, R. (2000) Extremely halophilic bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns. (21 words)
C. Michael Hogan, 2008 Fungal halotolerance Fungi from habitats with high concentration of salt are mostly halotolerant (i.e. they do not require salt for growth) and not halophilic. (29 words)
Anton, J., Rossello-Mora, R., Rodriguez-Valera, F., and Amann, R. (2000) Extremely halophilic bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns. (21 words)
This area, for example, supports numerous halophilic species, and in the rainy season, tens of thousands of flamingos visit these pans. (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
Anton, J., Rossello-Mora, R., Rodriguez-Valera, F., and Amann, R. (2000) Extremely halophilic bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns.
C. Michael Hogan, 2008 Fungal halotolerance Fungi from habitats with high concentration of salt are mostly halotolerant (i.e. they do not require salt for growth) and not halophilic.
Most halophilic and all halotolerant organisms expend energy to exclude salt from their cytoplasm to avoid protein aggregation (' salting out ').
Once packed in salt, fermentation is minimal and only initiated by the most halophilic yeast species such as Debaryomyces hansenii.
This area, for example, supports numerous halophilic species, and in the rainy season, tens of thousands of flamingos visit these pans.
Common combinations with halophilic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: