- A
xerophile (from Gr**** ξηρός : xērós 'dry' and φίλος : phílos 'loving') is an
extremophilic organism that can grow and
reproduce in
conditions with a...
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Tardigrades (/ˈtɑːrdɪɡreɪdz/ ),
known colloquially as
water bears or moss piglets, are a
phylum of eight-legged
segmented micro-animals. They were first...
- gr****lands and roadsides—often as a weed in
cultivated fields, and also in
xerophile and
ruderal habitats. In folk
medicine and
Ayurvedic medicine it is believed...
- dictionary. Extremophile –
Organisms capable of
living in
extreme environments Xerophile –
Organism that can grow and
reproduce with low
available water L. R....
- It is
found in
Macaronesia and
northwest Africa. This
halophile and
xerophile plant can grow up to 50 cm. It has sub-cylindrical or
curved leaves and...
- pubescence. The
whole plant is
strongly aromatic. This
wormwood is a
xerophile,
growing on dry
mountain slopes,
steep river banks, the
edges of oak woods...
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Aardvarks (/ˈɑːrdvɑːrk/ ARD-vark;
Orycteropus afer) are medium-sized, burrowing,
nocturnal mammals native to Africa.
Aardvarks are the only
living species...
- of
Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2418-3. Pitt JI,
Hocking AD (2009). "
Xerophiles".
Fungi and Food Spoilage. London: Springer. pp. 339–355. doi:10...
- is also
present on the
higher grounds of the
continental levees,
where xerophile ecosystems have developed.
Between the
aquatic and
terrestrial environments...
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summit of a
mountain in the
Atacama Desert might be a
radioresistant xerophile, a psychrophile, and an oligotroph.
Polyextremophiles are well
known for...
