Definition of Thermophile

a type of germ that develops at warmer temperatures

Examples of Thermophile in a sentence

Yellowstone National Park’s visitors are warned that a type of thermophile may live in the hot springs and this bacteria could be harmful.  🔊

Compost contains certain thermophile that could make those around them sick as long as the compost pile is located in direct warm sunlight.  🔊

Peat bogs that contain types of thermophile are usually located in tropical climates and have accumulated mosses.  🔊

The biologist showed his students pictures of a thermophile that lives with other bacteria inside of hot, bubbling water.  🔊

Because the thermophile has a pigment that acts as a sunscreen, the bacteria are able to survive in environments with scorching temperatures.  🔊

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