title:A Genomics Approach to Understanding the Biology of Thermo-Acidophilic Red Algae
author:Andreas P. M. Weber, Guillaume G. Barbier, Roshan P. Shrestha, Robin J. Horst, Ayumi Minoda and Christine Oesterhelt
year:2007
place of publish:Springer Netherlands
abstract:
While members of the archae rule at the high end of the temperature spectrum of life, members of the bacteria and eukaryotes thrive in a wide range of extreme conditions, including low temperatures, high and low pH-values, high salinity, and desiccation. In this context, it is important to note that the definition of extreme (and thus extremophilic) is anthropocentric, defining those environments as extreme that are hostile to human life. Photosynthetic protists are particularly versatile when it comes to occupying extreme habitats and thriving under extreme conditions. Protists thrive in saturated salt solutions, in hot acid, in extreme cold, and at high pH. This chapter deals with a small group of thermo-acidophilic unicellular red algae, called the Cyanidiophyceae.
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