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THE USE AND MEANING OF THE TERM ‘PSYCHROPHILIC’
Author(s) -
EDDY B. P.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1960.tb00195.x
Subject(s) - psychrophile , term (time) , meaning (existential) , psychrotrophic bacteria , environmental science , bacteria , biology , physics , epistemology , philosophy , genetics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY A case is presented for the introduction of the term ‘psychrotrophic’ for bacteria able to grow at 5° or less. The term ‘psychrophilic’ should be used only when a low optimum temperature is implied.