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alkalophilicity

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English

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Etymology

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From alkalophile +‎ -icity.

Noun

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alkalophilicity (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being, or the extent to which an organism is alkalophilic
    • 2015 July 11, “Structural Insight into and Mutational Analysis of Family 11 Xylanases: Implications for Mechanisms of Higher pH Catalytic Adaptation”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Several mutagenesis studies also indicated that introduction of Arg residues into the Ser/Thr surface improved the alkalophilicity of xylanases [14 ,34 ].