archaea
- Created by: luceebrown
- Created on: 09-01-20 11:10
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Archaea
- prokaryotic and unicellular
- thrive in ecological niches
extremeophile = organism that can surivive in an extreme condition
obligate extremeophile = must have the conditions to survive
facultative extremeophile = can tolerate conditions
thermophilic = live in hot condition
problems for normal organisms
- denaturation of molecules
- membrane fluidity
- solubilty of gases in liquids
survival stratergies
- different cell membrane
- different ester link - ether link
- different proteins…
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