Types of Extremophiles
Specific Habitats
Name That Extremophile
Name That Discoverer
Extremophiles in our Solar System
100

A type of extremophile that are found in areas of extreme heat

What are Thermophiles?

100

Arctic Sea Ice

What is a Cryophile?

100

Methanococcus jannaschii

What is a Thermophile?

100

Thermus aquaticus

Who is Thomas D. Brock?

100

In interior magma

What is Earth?

200

A type of extremophile that thrives in high-salt environments

What are Halophiles?

200

Hot springs in Yellowstone National Park

What are Thermophiles?

200

Chryseobacterium greenlandensis

What is a Psychcrophile?

200

Deinococcus radiodurans

Who is Arthur W. Anderson and colleagues?

200

In carbon and water

What is Mars?

300

A type of extremophile that likes to live inside rocks

What are Endoliths?

300

Atacama Desert

What are Halophiles?

300

Cladosporium sphaerospermum

What is a Radiophile?

300

Pyrolobus fumarii

Who is Karl O. Stetter and colleagues?

300

In underground water life

What is Europa?

400

A type of extremophile that thrives in areas with high sugar concentration

What are Osmophiles?

400

Tinto River, Spain

What is a Acidophile?

400

Chroococcidiopsis UAM813

What is an Endolith?

400

Strain 121

Who are Kazem Kashefi and Derek R. Lovley?

400

Ammonia- or hydrocarbon-based

What is Titan?

500

A type of extremophile that is found in areas of high pressure

What are Piezophiles?

500

Searles Lake, California

What is an Alkaliphile?

500

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

What is an Acidophile?

500

Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator

Who is Dylan Chivian and colleagues?

500

In liquid sulfur

What is Venus?

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