An extremophile (from Latin extremus 'extreme' and Ancient Greek φιλία (philía) 'love') is an organism that is able to live (or in some cases thrive) in...

Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium, an extremophile and one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum...

Extremophiles in biotechnology is the application of organisms that thrive in extreme environments to biotechnology. Extremophiles are organisms that thrive...

of Uzon Caldera. The Uzon Caldera is a location of the occurrence of extremophile micro-organisms due to its high localized temperatures.(C.Michael Hogan...

Natronomonas pharaonis, and Thiohalospira alkaliphila. Acidophile Acidophobe Extremophile Neutrophile Horikoshi, Koki. "Alkaliphiles: Some applications of their...

familiar freshwater temperate and tropical marine fish groups, but also extremophiles that have successfully colonized both the North and South Poles, as...

An osmophile is an extremophile microorganism adapted to environments generating high osmotic pressures, such as aqueous solutions with high salt or sugar...

A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to...

environments and sustained colonies; these organisms are known as extremophiles. Extremophiles have been isolated from rocks as much as 7 kilometres below the...

physicist who has authored 33 volumes and 250 papers on astrobiology, extremophiles, diatoms, solar physics, X-ray/EUV optics and meteorites. He holds 11...

species of Archaea form endospores. The first observed archaea were extremophiles, living in extreme environments such as hot springs and salt lakes with...

life, such as Mars, Europa, and exoplanets, through research into the extremophiles populating austere environments on Earth, like volcanic and deep sea...

A thermophile is a type of extremophile that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between 41 and 122 °C (106 and 252 °F). Many thermophiles are archaea...

agents.[citation needed] Chemotroph Extremophile Heterotroph Lithoautotroph Horikoshi, Koki (2010) Extremophiles Handbook, pg. 5 New Bacteria Found on...

minerals brought to the surface in hot springs often feed communities of extremophiles, microorganisms adapted to extreme conditions, and it is possible that...

Metallotolerants are extremophile organisms that are able to survive in environments with a high concentration of dissolved heavy metals. They can be found...

Astrovirology is an emerging subdiscipline of astrobiology which aims to understand the potential role viruses played in the origin and evolution of life...

comprising the human microbiome. Mesophiles are the opposite of extremophiles. Extremophiles that prefer cold environments are termed psychrophilic, those...

polychaete worm (commonly referred to as "bristle worms"). It is an extremophile found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, discovered in...

island, around Beppu. The springs are the site of occurrence of certain extremophile microorganisms, which are capable of surviving in extremely hot environments...

moss, is a desert moss species distributed throughout the world. As an extremophile, it is able to withstand desiccation under dry conditions with little...

diverse group of prokaryotes that include a number of extremophiles. One of these extremophiles has given rise to a highly complex new appendage known...

Grylloblattidae, commonly known as the icebugs or ice crawlers, is a family of extremophile (psychrophile) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains...

these challenging or inhospitable habitats, psammophytes are considered extremophiles, and are further classified as a type of psammophile. The word "psammophyte"...

Miguel there are notable micro-habitats formed by hot springs that host extremophile microorganisms. The archipelago is spread out at roughly the same latitude...

vacuolatum is a halophilic archaeon in the family of Halorubraceae. It is an extremophile and is able to survive in water with high salt concentration. Page Species:...

PMID 20086136. Brooks, Christopher (March 26, 2013). "The life of extremophiles: Surviving in hostile habitats". BBC Nature. Retrieved March 16, 2017...

Thermococcus gammatolerans is a gram-negative archaeon extremophile and the most radiation-resistant organism known to exist. As reported in 2003 the type...

extreme environments, the Archaea. An example occurrence of certain extremophiles in this family are organisms of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium that...

(January 2010). "5.4: Microbial Extremophiles from Lake Untersee". Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Microbial Extremophiles in Polar Environments (PDF) (Report)...