nonacidophilic

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ acidophilic.

Adjective

nonacidophilic (comparative more nonacidophilic, superlative most nonacidophilic)

1. Not acidophilic; intolerant of acidity.
   • 1978, Jerome O. Nriagu, Sulfur in the Environment: Ecological Impacts, page 453:

     The nonacidophilic thiobacilli can be found in some soils, fresh and salt waters, and muds.

   • 1998 November/December, Adalberto L. Val, Chris M. Wood, Rod W. Wilson, Richard J. Gonzalez, Marjorie L. Patrick, Harold L. Bergman, and Annie Narahara, “Responses of an Amazonian Teleost, the Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), to Low pH in Extremely Soft Water”, in Charles Manning Child, Warder Clyde Allee, editor, Physiological Zoology, volume 71, number 6, page 658:

     Our goal was to compare the internal physiological responses to acid challenge in an acidophilic tropical teleost endemic to dilute low-pH waters with those in nonacidophilic temperate species such as salmonids, which have been the subject of most previous investigations.

   • 2013, Donald G. Lundgren, “Biotic aqnd Abiotic Release of Inorganic Substances Exploited by Bacteria”, in Edward R. Leadbetter, Jeanne S. Poindexter, editor, Bacteria in Nature: Volume 3: Structure, Physiology, and Genetic Adaptability, page 305:

     A number of nonacidophilic thiobacilli are able to grow in an inorganic environment containing sulfide minerals; however, their survival is dependent on the pH.