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"Psychrophiles"
Keywords:
psycrophiles
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optimum
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loving
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temperature
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reproduce
Organisms that have a maximum growth temperature of 20 °C, an optimal growth temperature of 15 °C or lower, and a minimum growth temperature of 0 °C or lower.
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Cold-loving organisms. The optimum temperature for psycrophiles is ~15 oC. Psycrophiles can live and reproduce below 4oC but not above 20 oC.
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