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Sun-Swilling, Heat-Resistant Extremophile Discovered

 
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Andre



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:57 pm    Post subject: Sun-Swilling, Heat-Resistant Extremophile Discovered Reply with quote
In yellowstone park

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?...8146BA-E7F2-99DF-352819E585277D72

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New microbe not only loves the high heat of volcanic hot springs, it also drinks in the sun's energy


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MICROBIAL MAT: In thick mats of microbes that cover the surface of certain Yellowstone hot springs lives Chloracidobacterium thermophilium, a heat-loving, photosynthetic microbe.


Colored by extremophiles, Morning Glory Pool in the upper Geyer Basin:



Find it with Google Earth:
44.47504n 110.84363w


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