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extremophile

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ex·tre·mo·phile  (k-strm-fl)
n.
An organism adapted to living in conditions of extreme temperature, pressure, or chemical concentration, as in highly acidic or salty environments.
[extrem(e) + -o- + -phile.]
extremophile  (k-strm-fl)
An organism adapted to living in conditions of extreme temperature, pressure, or chemical concentration, as in highly acidic or salty environments. Many extremophiles are unicellular organisms known as archea.
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The NIEHS can fund novel methods of collection and cultivation of all types of potentially useful organisms; extremophile organisms, molecules, and processes represent only one example of a resource untapped.
Oceans and human health: a new era of environmental opportunities by Baden, Daniel G. / Environmental Health Perspectives
The acritarch record of Australia indicates that pre- and post-Snowball populations are identical and do not indicate repopulation of marine areas by extremophiles that survived both catastrophic glaciation in hot springs and the brutal greenhouse conditions which followed (Grey et al.
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