Mesophilia
Mesophilia (from ancient Greek μέσος mésos "medium" and φίλος phílos "loving") is the property of living beings to prefer medium, non-extreme environmental conditions, especially when it comes to temperature and humidity . Living things with this property are called mesophilic . In microbiology , mesophilic refers almost exclusively to temperature, although that limitation is not expressed in the word.
Medium temperature
Organisms that thrive best at temperatures between around 20 and 45 ° C are known as mesophilic. Most of the microorganisms belong here. Living things that prefer higher temperatures are called thermophilic , those who prefer lower temperatures are called psychrophilic .
Medium humidity
Mesophilic is the name given to living beings that love moderate humidity, and biotope types that have this. In nature conservation, a number of biotopes are of particular importance according to the FFH guidelines , such as mesophilic meadow forms .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Gemoll: Greek-German school and hand dictionary. Munich / Vienna 1965.
- ↑ Georg Fuchs (Ed.): General Microbiology. 8th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart, New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-13-444608-1 , p. 160.