adjective
- thriving in or preferring cold temperatures
Usage: biology; microbiology
Examples
- Psychrophilic bacteria can survive in Arctic ice.
- The researchers studied psychrophilic organisms in deep ocean waters.
- Many psychrophilic microbes are found in polar regions.
- Psychrophilic enzymes work efficiently at low temperatures.
- The Antarctic soil contains numerous psychrophilic species.
- Scientists isolated psychrophilic yeasts from glacial environments.