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Microbioligy CH 6
GR 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Buffer | A substance that tends to stabilize the PH of a solution. |
| Mesophile | An organism that grows between 10-50C a moderate temp loving microbe |
| Thermophile | An organism whose optimum growth temp is between 50-60C a heat loving microbe |
| Psychrophile | An organism that grows best at about 15C & doesnt grow above 20C a cold loving microbe |
| plasmolysis | Loss of water from a cell in a hypertonic enviroment |
| Extreme Halophile | requires high salt concentrations because they have adapted to that environment |
| Facultative Halophile | Do not require high salt concentrations but Are able to grow at salt concentrations up to 2% |