Extremophiles
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- Created on: 28-11-15 11:28
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- Extremophiles
- Thermophile
- Hot environments
- Has proteins that are thermal stable
- Cryophile
- Extremely Cold Environments
- Has a cell membrane rich in lipids that stops them stiffening in the cold
- Halophile
- Salty Environments
- Has a special cell wall and can control the movements of salt into it
- Acidophile
- Acidic Envronments
- Can pump out H+ ions back into the environment
- Metallotolerant
- Environments rich in heavy metals
- Bacteria pump out heavy metals to turn them into less dangerous forms
- Radioresistant
- Radioactive Environments
- Has several copies of DNA and has lots of DNA-repairing enzymes
- Thermophile
- Has a cell membrane rich in lipids that stops them stiffening in the cold
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