Categories An extremophile is an organism, usually unicellular, which thrives in or requires extreme conditions that would exceed optimal conditions for growth and reproduction in the majority of mesophilic terrestrial organisms. ...

Acidophile • Alkaliphile • Barophile • Capnophile • Endolith • Halophile • Hyperthermophile • Hypolith • Lithoautotroph • Lithophile • Oligotroph • Osmophile • Piezophile • Polyextremophile • Psychrophile • Thermophile • Xerophile •
Acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 2. ... Alkaliphiles are microbes classified as extremophiles that thrive in alkaline environments with a pH of 9 to 11 such as soda lakes and carbonate-rich soils. ... barophiles- bacteria which live under exterme conditions of high pessure. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Endolith lifeform found inside an Antarctic rock An endolith or cryptoendolith is an organism (archaea, bacterium, or fungus) that lives inside rock, coral, animal shells, or in the pores between mineral grains. ... Halophiles are extremophiles that thrive in environments with very high concentrations of salt (at least 0. ... Hyperthermophiles produce some of the bright colors of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park A hyperthermophile is an organism that thrives in extremely hot environments - that is, hotter than around 60°C. The optimal temperatures are between 80°C and 110°C; in fact, the recently-discovered Strain 121 [1... In Arctic and Antarctic ecology, a hypolith is a photosynthetic organism that lives underneath rocks in climatically extreme deserts such as Cornwallis Island and Devon Island in the Canadian high Arctic. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lithotroph. ... Lithophiles are micro-organisms that can live within the pore spaces of sedimentary and even igneous (if they are cracked—no natural space in igneous) rocks to depths of several kilometers. ... An oligotroph is an organisn that can live in a very low carbon concentration, one part per million! ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A piezophile is an organism which thrives at high pressures, such as deep sea bacteria or archaea. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Psychrophiles are extremophilic organisms that are capable of growth and reproduction in cold temperatures. ... This article is about an organism. ... Xerophiles are extremophilic organisms that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a low availability of water, also known as water activity. ...

Notable extromophiles

Chloroflexus aurantiacus • Deinococcus radiodurans • Deinococcus-Thermus • Paralvinella sulfincola • Pompeii worm • Pyrococcus furiosus • Snottite • Strain 121 • Thermus aquaticus • Thermus thermophilus • Thermophilic Organisms Chloroflexus aurantiacus is a photosynthetic bacterium isolated from hot springs, belonging to the green non_sulfur bacteria. ... Binomial name Deinococcus radiodurans Brooks & Murray, 1981 Deinococcus radiodurans (former Micrococcus radiodurans) is an extremophilic bacterium, and is the most radiation-resistant organism known. ... Orders & Genera Deinococcales     Deinococcus Thermales     Thermus     Meiothermus     Marinithermus     Oceanithermus     Vulcanithermus The Deinococcus-Thermus are a small group of bacteria comprised of cocci highly resistant to environmental hazards. ... Binomial name Paralvinella sulfincola Paralvinella sulfincola is a species of worm of the Alvinellidae family that thrives on undersea hot-water vents. ... Binomial name Alvinella pompejana The Pompeii worm (Alvinella pompejana) is a deep-sea polychaete worm found only at hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. ... Binomial name Pyrococcus furiosus Erauso et al. ... Snottites or Snotties are colonies of single-celled organisms that hang from the walls and ceilings of caves (similar to stalactites, but not hard). ... Strain 121 is a single-celled microbe, of the domain Archaea. ... Binomial name Thermus aquaticus Brock & Freeze, 1969 Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that is the source of the enzyme Taq DNA Polymerase, one of the most important enzymes in molecular biology. ... Thermus thermophilus is a gram negative eubacterium used in a range of biotechnological applications, including as a model organism for genetic manipulation. ...

Related articles

Archaea • Abiogenic petroleum origin • Acidithiobacillales • Acidobacteria • Archaeoglobaceae • Berkeley Pit • Crenarchaeota • Grylloblattidae • Halobacteria • Halobacterium • Hydrothermal vent • Methanopyrus • Radioresistance • Thermostability • Thermotogae •
Phyla / Classes Phylum Crenarchaeota Phylum Euryarchaeota     Halobacteria     Methanobacteria     Methanococci     Methanopyri     Archaeoglobi     Thermoplasmata     Thermococci Phylum Korarchaeota Phylum Nanoarchaeota Archaea (; from Greek αρχαία, ancient ones; singular Archaeum, Archaean, or Archaeon), also called Archaebacteria (), is a major division of living organisms. ... The hypothesis of abiogenic petroleum origin holds that petroleum was formed by primordial non-biological processes deep in the earths crust and mantle. ... Families & Genera Acidithiobacillaceae    Acidithiobacillus Thermithiobacillaceae    Thermithiobacillus The Acidithiobacillales are a recently recognized order of Proteobacteria with only two genera, placed in separate families. ... Genera Acidobacterium Geothrix Holophaga Acidobacteria form a newly devised division of Bacteria. ... Genera Archaeoglobus Ferroglobus Geoglobus The Archaeoglobaceae is a family within the Euryarchaeota. ... The Berkeley Pit is a gigantic former open pit copper mine located in Butte, Montana, and is the one of the largest Superfund sites. ... Orders Caldisphaerales Cenarchaeales Desulfurococcales Sulfolobales Thermoproteales The Crenarchaeota are a major group of Archaea, containing many extremely thermophilic and psychrophilic organisms. ... Genera Galloisiana Grylloblatta Grylloblattella Grylloblattina Namkungia Grylloblattodea is a small order of extremophile and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains, consisting of a single family, Grylloblattidae. ... Genera Haloarcula Halobacterium Halobaculum Halococcus Haloferax Halogeometricum Halorubrum Haloterrigena Natrialba Natrinema Natronobacterium Natronococcus Natronomonas Natronorubrum The halobacteria are a family of archaea, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. ... Species See article Note: The word halobacterium is also the singular form of the word halobacteria. The genus Halobacterium consists of several species of archaea with an obligate aerobic metabolism which require an environment with a high concentration of salt; many of their proteins will not function in low-salt... A hydrothermal vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure in a planets surface from which geothermally heated water issues. ... Radioresistance is the property of organisms which are capable of living in environments with very high levels of ionizing radiation, such as around nuclear power plants, or near natural uranium mineral sites. ... Thermostability is the quality of a substance to resist irreversible change in its chemical or physical structure at high temperature. ... Species Thermotoga elfii Thermotoga hypogea Thermotoga lettingae Thermotoga maritima Thermotoga naphthophila Thermotoga neapolitana Thermotoga petrophila Thermotoga subterranea Thermotoga thermarum Thermotoga are thermophile or hyperthermophile bacteria whose cell is wrapped in an outer toga membrane. ...