What is Xerophile?
'''Xerophiles''' are [[extremophile]] [[organism]]s that can grow and reproduce in conditions with almost no water. Many [[mould]]s and [[yeast]]s are xerophilic. Mould growth on bread is an example of food spoilt by a xerophilic [[fungus]]. Examples: *''Trichosporonoides nigrescens''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=''Trichosporonoides nigrescens sp.'' nov., a new xerophilic yeast-like fungus |journal=Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. |date=December 1981 |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=411–21 |pmid=7198892|doi=10.1007/BF00426003 |s2cid=10634262 |last1=Hocking |first1=Ailsa D. |last2=Pitt |first2=J. I. }}</ref> *[[Cacti]] are also a type of xerophile. *[[Tardigrade]]s can survive for almost a decade without exposure to water. *Soil microbes of the [[Atacama Desert]] == Related pages == *[[Xerophyte]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Extremophiles]]