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psychrotrophic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌsaɪkɹəˈtɹəʊfɪk/

Etymology

From psychro- (“cold”) + -trophic (“growth”).

Meanings

1. Describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment.
   • One of the main reasons fridge temperatures are recommend to be set at 5ºC is because of listeria. Listeria is a food poisoning bacterium that is psychrotrophic – in other words it likes cold temperatures. From the growth models, we know that listeria grows nearly twice as fast at 8°C as it does at 5°C, hence the recommended 5ºC, which helps keep us safe from listeria. 2018 January 15, Kaarin Goodburn, “How chilled is your fridge?”, in Food Standards Agency:

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Translations (4)

it psicrotrofico (biology: describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment) · fi psykrotrofinen (biology: describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment) · fi viileähakuinen (biology: describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment) · ga sícreatrófach (biology: describing microorganisms that thrive in a cold environment)