English Dictionary

extremophile

名詞

(ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

日本語の意味

過酷な環境、例えば極端な温度や高い塩分濃度などの条件下で生存する生物。また、これらの環境下で機能する酵素の供給源として商業的に注目されることがある生物。

Scientists discovered a new extremophile thriving in the acidic springs near the volcano.

科学者たちは火山の近くにある酸性の温泉で繁栄している、新しい極限環境に生息する生物を発見した。

意味（1）

(ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.

They had found the world's first extremophiles – organisms that could live in water that had previously been assumed to be much too hot or acid or choked with sulphur to bear life.

extremophiles （ plural ）