Letter E

Extremophile

An organism that lives under extreme conditions.

An example of an extremophile is Methanococcus jannaschii, a microbe that lives near hydrothermal vents deep beneath the sea.

The term extremophile was coined late in the 20th century from extreme + -phile, liking = liking extreme (conditions)

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