iodophilic
English
Adjective
iodophilic (comparative more iodophilic, superlative most iodophilic)
- Binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine.
- 1960, Lilian E. Hawker, An Introduction to the Biology of Micro-organisms, E. Arnold, page 345:
- Cellulose decomposition is associated with iodophilic bacteria (i.e. organisms which reveal starch-like substances when stained with iodine) and[sic] which are found in large numbers attached to plant debris among the rumen contents.
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