Mesophile

∞ generated and posted on 2016.01.27 ∞

Organisms with a growth temperature optimum that lies between 20 and 40 degrees Centigrade.

Pathogens of are populated particularly by mesophilic organisms, which is not too surprising given the . So too is our normal microbiota.

Contrast with psychrophile, psychrotroph, thermophile, and hyperthermophile.


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