The first extremophile to have its genome sequenced was Methanococcus jannaschii, a microbe that lives near hydrothermal vents 2,600 meters below sea level, where temperatures approach the boiling point of water and the pressure is sufficient to crush an ordinary submarine Organisms that thrive ...
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Term coined for (micro)organisms which live in (relatively) extreme conditions of temperature, pH, salt content, etc.
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extremophiles There are microbes that thrive under conditions that would kill other creatures; yet, many microorganisms make their homes in such forbidding environments as boiling or near freezing water, vinegar-like liquids, household ammonia, or concentrated brine. These microbes are called extremophiles because they thrive under conditions that,...
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