- A
hyperthermophile is an
organism that
thrives in
extremely hot environments—from 60 °C (140 °F) upwards. An
optimal temperature for the
existence of hyperthermophiles...
- 50–64 °C (122–147 °F)
Extreme thermophiles 65–79 °C (149–174 °F)
Hyperthermophiles 80 °C (176 °F) and beyond, but not
below 50 °C (122 °F) In a related...
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single described species,
Methanopyrus kandleri. It is a rod-shaped
hyperthermophile,
discovered on the wall of a
black smoker from the Gulf of California...
- anaerobic, extremophilic,
model species of archaea. It is
classified as a
hyperthermophile because it
thrives best
under extremely high temperatures, and is notable...
- Halophiles,
organisms that
thrive in
highly salty environments, and
hyperthermophiles,
organisms that
thrive in
extremely hot environments, are examples...
- 320 km (200 mi) off
Puget Sound near a
hydrothermal vent, it is a
hyperthermophile, able to
reproduce at 121 °C (250 °F),
hence its name. It was (at the...
-
recent common ancestor (MRCA) of
bacteria and
archaea was
probably a
hyperthermophile that
lived about 2.5 billion–3.2 billion
years ago. The
earliest life...
-
environments that are
normally fatal to most life-forms.
Thermophiles and
hyperthermophiles thrive in high temperatures.
Psychrophiles thrive in
extremely low...
- Di Giulio, M. (2003) The
universal ancestor was a
thermophile or a
hyperthermophile:
Tests and
further evidence. J
Theor Biol 221: 425-436. Griffiths,...
- Prieur,
Daniel (July 2009). "Pyrococcus CH1, an
obligate piezophilic hyperthermophile:
extending the
upper pressure-temperature
limits for life". The ISME...
