extremophile
C27375
concept
An extremophile is an organism that not only survives but often thrives in environmental conditions that are lethal or inhospitable to most other forms of life, such as extreme heat, cold, salinity, acidity, or radiation.
Observed surface forms (2)
- cold-adapted species ×1
- thermophilic bacterium genus ×1
Instances (3)
- Sulfolobus solfataricus
- Arctic cod via concept surface "cold-adapted species"
- Geobacillus via concept surface "thermophilic bacterium genus"