Definitions for halophile
ˈhæl əˌfaɪlhalophile

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1. halophile, halophilnoun

   archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival

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1. halophilenoun

   an organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile

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1. Halophile

   The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, such as the alga Dunaliella salina and fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga. Some well-known species give off a red color from carotenoid compounds, notably bacteriorhodopsin. Halophiles can be found in water bodies with salt concentration more than five times greater than that of the ocean, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Owens Lake in California, the Urmia Lake in Iran, the Dead Sea, and in evaporation ponds. They are theorized to be a possible analogues for modeling extremophiles that might live in the salty subsurface water ocean of Jupiter's Europa and similar moons.

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1. Halophile

   Halophiles are organisms that live in high salt concentrations. They are a type of extremophile organism. The name comes from the Greek word for "salt-loving". While most halophiles are classified into the Archaea domain, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryota, such as the alga Dunaliella salina. Some well-known species give off a red color from carotenoid compounds, notably bacteriorhodopsin. Halophiles can be found anywhere with a concentration of salt five times greater than the salt concentration of the ocean, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Owens Lake in California, the Dead Sea, and in evaporation ponds.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of halophile in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of halophile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=halophile
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Halophile
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halophile
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=halophile