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Pyrolobus fumarii

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Domain
  
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Pyrolobus

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Pyrolobus

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Scientific name
  
Pyrolobus fumarii

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Strain 121, Pyrodictium, Hyperthermus

Pyrolobus fumarii is a species of Archaea known for its ability to live at extremely high temperatures that kill most organisms.

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It was first discovered in 1997 in a black smoker hydrothermal vent at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, setting the upper temperature threshold for known life to exist at 113 °C.

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Strain 121, a microbe from the same family found at a vent in the Pacific Ocean, survived and multiplied during a 10-hour interval spent at 121 °C in an autoclave.

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Pyrolobus fumarii Wikipedia


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