释义 |
aciduric, a.|æsɪˈdjʊərɪk| [f. acid a. and n. + endure v. (or L. dūr-āre to hold out, last) + -ic.] Acidophilic; tolerant of acid conditions.
1910A. I. Kendall in Jrnl. Med. Res. XXII. 155 The writer proposes the name ‘aciduric’ in place of ‘acidophilic’ as the type name for these bacteria..keeping in mind..their ability to ‘endure’ acid. [Ibid. 166 The writer is indebted to Miss Anne Marjory Day for the coining of this word.] 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 583/2 Stabilizing of a predominantly aciduric flora by the oral administration of cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus. 1964M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xii. 176 The members of this group are often..termed aciduric from their ability to survive in concentrations of acid that kill other non-sporing bacteria. 1989Oral Microbiol. & Immunol. IV. 57 The possibility that S[treptococcus] mutans was capable of aciduric adaptation during a biologically-generated pH reduction was examined. |