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What are extremophiles ​

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What are extremophiles ??

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Prokaryotes which have the ability to grow in extreme conditions like volcano vents, hot spring and polar ice caps are called extremophiles. They have adaptations such as :

Capacity to synthesise their food without sunlight and oxygen by utilising hydrogen sulphide and other chemicals from the volcanic vents.

Some of them produce Methane (Methanogens).

◇ Some live in salty environment (Halophiles).

◇ Some are thermoacidophiles which thrive in acidic environments and at high temperature.

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An extremophile (from Latin extremus meaning "extreme" and Greek philiā ) meaning "love") is an organism with optimal growth in environmental conditions considered extreme in that it is challenging for a carbon-based life form, such as all life on Earth, to survive.

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