- 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...
-
single described species,
Methanopyrus kandleri. It is a rod-shaped
hyperthermophile,
discovered on the wall of a
black smoker from the Gulf of California...
- 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...
-
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...
- high
temperatures that kill most organisms. P.
fumarii is
known as a
hyperthermophile obligately chemolithoautotroph. In the
simplest terms, this archaea...
- PMC 2442388. PMID 17255002. Stetter, Karl O (29
October 2006). "
Hyperthermophiles in the
history of life".
Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society...
- Halophiles,
organisms that
thrive in
highly salty environments, and
hyperthermophiles,
organisms that
thrive in
extremely hot environments, are examples...
- was
discovered in
anaerobic archaea. It was
proposed in 2008 for the
hyperthermophile archeon Ignicoccus hospitalis. CO2
fixation is
catalyzed by enoyl-CoA...
- anaerobic, extremophilic,
model species of archaea. It is
classified as a
hyperthermophile because it
thrives best
under extremely high temperatures, and is notable...
-
environments that are
normally fatal to most life-forms.
Thermophiles and
hyperthermophiles thrive in high temperatures.
Psychrophiles thrive in
extremely low...
