extremophiles

What Are Some Adaptations That An Extremophile Might Have In Order To Survive In A Very Salty Environment?

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What Are Some Adaptations That An Extremophile Might Have In Order To Survive In A Very Salty Environment? Salt-tolerant proteins tend to have lots of aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and other non-hydrophobic residues on their surfaces. They also tend to have fewer lysines than similar proteins from non-halophilic counterparts, their places often being taken by

What Are Some Examples Of Extremophiles?

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What Are Some Examples Of Extremophiles? Three examples of extremophiles are Picrophilus torridus (a thermoacidophile adapted to hot, acidic conditions), Antarctic krill (a psychrophile), and the Pompeii worm (a thermophile). What are three extremophiles? Extremophiles include members of all three domains of life, i.e., bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. Most extremophiles are microorganisms (and a high