Talk:Piezophile

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I think that the method that Piezophiles use to obtain (or create) nutrients would be an extremely relevant and even essential information. And as such I advise (and request) you to add this information concerning not only this but ALL other phylogenic articles in which this information is definite.

Nicholas Poll--71.38.231.6 (talk) 01:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I think this information should be added as well as it is relevant to the article.--DavidD4scnrt (talk) 06:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

article advances controversial agenda, technical distinction between barophile and piezophile

the article currently says

"Originally, the term barophile was used for these organisms, but since the prefix 'baro-' stands for weight, the term piezophile should be given preference." 

okay, i guess there's a point to be made here, but this seems like an argument rather than documenting existing practices as an encyclopedia should do. the prefix "baro-" is commonly used in english to refer to high pressures, such as for example the word "barotrauma"

should there be a separate section about barophiles?

the author cited by the above argument has this to say in a different paper:

"Barophiles are defined as bacteria that metabolize or function better at high pressure than they do at atmospheric pressure. Piezophiles are bacteria that have their maximum growth rate, over all permissible temperatures, at high pressure."

another author has this to say:

The term “barophilic” was first used, defined today as optimal growth at pressure higher than 0.1 MPa or by a requirement of increased pressure for growth. Many microorganisms in the deep-sea are extremophiles, such as halophiles, thermophiles, psychrophiles, barophiles, or piezophiles [the term piezophile was proposed as a replacement to barophile as the Greek translations of the prefixes baro and piezo mean weight and pressure, respectively (Yayanos 1995)], and some of these microorganisms cannot survive in “moderate” environments.

i came to the article to figure out what the heck a "piezophile" was, as i had never heard the word before, despite having studied microbiology. if it had been "barophile" instead this would have been no problem. it seems like there is an ongoing campaign by a. a. yayanos (who is greek-american) to drag people away from using the word "barophile" toward using the word "piezophile" based on greek etymology, but wikipedia should not be used as a soapbox to accomplish this.157.131.250.246 (talk) 02:09, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

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