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A collector of bookmarks.
1. Thriving under intermediate or moderate environmental conditions; sometimes restricted to conditions of moderate moisture, or to moderate temperature.
2. A reference to micro-organisms having an optimum for growth between 20 and 45 degrees Centigrade.
3. Organisms, such as bacteria, that thrive at human-body temperature and of organisms preferring moderate moisture.
A reference to organisms that favor or prefer to live in temperate zones.
A collector of metalwork.
methanophile (s) (noun), methanophiles (pl)
An organism capable of oxidizing methane or bacteria that are able to metabolize methane as their only source of carbon and energy.
1. Thriving in a free oxygen concentration significantly less than that of the atmosphere.
2. A reference to an environment in which the partial pressure of oxygen is significantly below normal atmospheric levels but which is not fully anaerobic.
3. A tiny organism; such as, a bacterium, which is capable of living in an environment where there is not much oxygen.
