[1895–1900; acidophil + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, backwind, flamenco, freewheel, slapstick-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'acidophilic' in a sentence
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The results showed the mat to be mostly inhabited by heterotrophic acidophilic bacteria.
Stanković Srđan, Vasiljević Branka, Jeremić Sanja, Cvetković Vladica, Morić Ivana 2017, 'Evaluation of microbial diversity of the microbial mat from the extremely acidic LakeRobule (Bor, Serbia)', Botanica Serbicahttp://botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs/arhiva/pdf/2017_41_1_680_full.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An acidophilic, iron-oxidizing microbial consortium was enriched from terrace iron formations.
Jeremiah Shuster, Frank Reith, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Roberta L. Flemming, Neil R. Banerjee,Gordon Southam 2017, 'Biogeochemical Cycling of Silver in Acidic, Weathering Environments', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/7/11/218. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acidophilic and basophilic areas were observed inside the micropores of the polyurethane, suggesting cell nuclei.
Mendonça José Carlos Garcia de, De Rossi Rafael, Inouye Celso Massaschi, Bazan DiegoRodrigo Paulillo, Monteiro João Carlos Castro, Mendonça Juliana Pedroso de 2006, 'Morphology of autogenous bone graft and castor oil polyurethane in the infraorbitalrim of rabbits: a comparative study', Acta Cirurgica Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502006000500013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acidophilic heterotrophic bacteria reduce ferric iron in either soluble or solid forms to ferrous iron.
Daniel Kupka 2004, 'Bacterial Oxidation and Reduction of Iron in the Processes of Creation and Treatmentof Acid Mining Waters', Acta Montanistica Slovacahttp://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2004/n4/24kupka.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, the effect of autotrophic and acidophilic bioleaching microorganisms in the system was studied.
Jarno Mäkinen, Marja Salo, Jaakko Soini, Päivi Kinnunen 2019, 'Laboratory Scale Investigations on Heap (Bio)leaching of Municipal Solid Waste IncinerationBottom Ash', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/5/290. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Acidophilic intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusion bodies were also observed.
Raveendra Hegde, Amitha R. Gomes, S. M. Byre Gowda, Santhosh A. K and C. Renukaprasad 2009, 'Cytopathic effect of PPR vaccine virus strains in Vero cells', Veterinary Worldhttp://www.scopemed.org/mnstemps/2/2-1273838981.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The erythrocyte revealed an elliptical form, with condensed nucleus of elliptical form; acidophilic cytoplasm.
Eunice Anita de Moura Fortes, Antônio Francisco de Sousa, Ezequiel Cardozo Saraivade Almeida, Aírton Mendes Conde Júnior, Weber Leal de Moura 2009, 'Morfologia das células do sangue periférico em emas (Rhea americana)', Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Sciencehttp://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26769. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In one of these animals an acidophilic intranuclear inclusion was found.
Alexandre Alencar, Estácio Monteiro 1971, 'Panencefalite subaguda esclerosante: transmissão de agente encefalitogênico humanoao macaco rhesus Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: transmission of a human encephalitogenicagent to Macacus rhezus', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1971000400001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diverse sulfur-metabolic pathways and corresponding regulatory systems have been discovered in these acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
Rui Wang, Jian-Qiang Lin, Xiang-Mei Liu, Xin Pang, Cheng-Jia Zhang, Chun-Long Yang,Xue-Yan Gao, Chun-Mao Lin, Ya-Qing Li, Yang Li, Jian-Qun Lin, Lin-Xu Chen 2019, 'Sulfur Oxidation in the Acidophilic Autotrophic Acidithiobacillus spp.', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03290/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Occasionally hepatocellular acidophilic intranuclear pseudo-inclusion bodies and, in more protracted cases, slight fibrosis were seen.
Célso Pilati, Claudio S.L. Barros 2007, 'Intoxicação experimental por Senecio brasiliensis (Asteraceae) em eqüinos Experimentalpoisoning by Senecio brasiliensis (Asteraceae) in horses', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2007000700006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)