Thermoacidophile - wikipedia Thermoacidophile A thermoacidophile is an extremophilic microorganism that is both thermophilic and acidophilic ; i.e., it can grow under conditions of high temperature and low pH. The large majority of thermoacidophiles are archaea ( particularly the crenarchaeota and euryarchaeota ) or bacteria, though occasional eukaryotic examples have been reported. Thermoacidophiles can be found in hot springs and solfataric environments, within deep sea vents, or in other environments of geothermal activity. They also occur in polluted environments, such as in acid mine drainage. An apparent tradeoff has been described between adaptation to high temperature and low pH ; relatively few examples are known that are tolerant of the extremes of both environments ( pH < 2, growth temperature > 80 ° C ). Many thermoacidophilic archaea have aerobic or microaerophilic metabolism, although obligately anaerobic examples ( e.g. the Acidilobales ) have also been identified. Sequencing the genome of a thermoacidophilic eukaryote, the red algae Galdieria sulphuraria, revealed that its environmental adaptations likely originated from horizontal gene transfer from thermoacidophilic archaea and bacteria. Further reading Stetter, Karl O. ( 2011 ). `` History of Discovery of Hyperthermophiles ''. In Horikoshi, Koki ; Antranikian, Garabed ; Bull, Alan T. ; Robb, Frank T. ; Stetter, Karl O. Extremophiles handbook. Tokyo : Springer. pp. 403 -- 425. ISBN 9784431538974. References ^ Jump up to : Zaparty, Melanie ; Siebers, Bettina ( 2011 ). `` Physiology, Metabolism, and Enzymology of Extremophiles ''. In Horikoshi, Koki ; Antranikian, Garabed ; Bull, Alan T. ; Robb, Frank T. ; Stetter, Karl O. Extremophiles handbook. Tokyo : Springer. pp. 602 -- 633. ISBN 9784431538974. ^ Jump up to : Schönknecht, G ; Chen, WH ; Ternes, CM ; Barbier, GG ; Shrestha, RP ; Stanke, M ; Bräutigam, A ; Baker, BJ ; Banfield, JF ; Garavito, RM ; Carr, K ; Wilkerson, C ; Rensing, SA ; Gagneul, D ; Dickenson, NE ; Oesterhelt, C ; Lercher, MJ ; Weber, AP ( 8 March 2013 ). `` Gene transfer from bacteria and archaea facilitated evolution of an extremophilic eukaryote ''. Science. 339 ( 6124 ) : 1207 -- 10. Bibcode : 2013Sci... 339.1207 S. doi : 10.1126 / science. 1231707. PMID 23471408. Jump up ^ Skorupa, DJ ; Reeb, V ; Castenholz, RW ; Bhattacharya, D ; McDermott, TR ( November 2013 ). `` Cyanidiales diversity in Yellowstone National Park ''. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 57 ( 5 ) : 459 -- 66. doi : 10.1111 / lam. 12135. PMID 23865641. Jump up ^ Baker - Austin, C ; Dopson, M ( April 2007 ). `` Life in acid : pH homeostasis in acidophiles ''. Trends in Microbiology. 15 ( 4 ) : 165 -- 71. doi : 10.1016 / j. tim. 2007.02. 005. PMID 17331729. Jump up ^ Bonch - Osmolovskaya, Elisaveta ( 2012 ). `` Metabolic diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes -- what 's new. ''. Extremophiles : microbiology and biotechnology. Norfolk : Caister Academic Press. pp. 109 -- 31. ISBN 9781904455981. Extremophiles Types Acidophile Alkaliphile Capnophile Cryozoa Endolith Halophile Hypolith Lipophile Lithoautotroph Lithophile Methanogen Metallotolerant Oligotroph Osmophile Piezophile Polyextremophile Psammophile Psychrophile Radioresistant Thermophile / Hyperthermophile Thermoacidophile Xerophile Notable extremophiles Bacteria Chloroflexus aurantiacus Deinococcus radiodurans Deinococcus -- Thermus Snottite Thermus aquaticus Thermus thermophilus Spirochaeta americana GFAJ - 1 Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus Strain 121 Pyrolobus fumarii Eukaryota Cyanidioschyzon merolae Galdieria sulphuraria Paralvinella sulfincola Halicephalobus mephisto Pompeii worm Tardigrada Related articles Abiogenic petroleum origin Acidithiobacillales Acidobacteria Acidophiles in acid mine drainage Archaeoglobaceae Berkeley Pit Blood Falls Crenarchaeota Grylloblattidae Halobacteria Halobacterium Helaeomyia petrolei Hydrothermal vent Methanopyrus Movile Cave Radiotrophic fungus Rio Tinto Taq polymerase Thermostability Thermotogae Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thermoacidophile&oldid=829679017 '' Categories : Polyextremophiles Thermozoa Thermophiles Talk About Wikipedia فارسی Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 10 March 2018, at 02 : 49 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: thermoacidophiles like to live under what type of conditions
Answer: high temperature and low pH