Extremophiles are classified based on the physicochemical conditions in which they grow: psychrophiles (cold habitats), thermophiles and hyperthermophiles (high temperatures), acidophiles (pH less than 5.0), alkaliphiles (high pH), piezophiles (high pressure), halophiles (high salt concentrations), xerophiles (low water availability), oligotrophic microbes (low nutrient concentrations), radioresistant microbes (high radiation), and metallophiles (high metal or heavy metal concentrations).

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• Person: Not available Organization: Springer
  Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology

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• Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology link.springer.com Springer via serper

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• extremophiles concept
• thermophiles concept