osmophilyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

osmophily (複数形 not attested)

1. (microbiology) The quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.
   • 1974, R.A. Samson and J. Mouchacca, “Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil.”, in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, volume 40, number 1, DOI:10.1007/bf00394559, page 130:

     Pelhate (1968) considered osmophily as being an aspect of xerophily; the ability of a fungus to support high osmotic pressures induced by higher concentrations of NaCl, sucrose or polyethylene glycol would allow a rapid and faithful evaluation of its xerophily.

関連する語

• osmophile
• osmophilic
• osmoregulation
• osmotolerant