What organisms live in extremely hot or salty water?

Archaea are unicellular, prokaryotic microorganisms that differ from bacteria in their genetics, biochemistry, and ecology. Some archaea are extremophiles, living in environments with extremely high or low temperatures, or extreme salinity. Only archaea are known to produce methane.

1. Which of the following organisms are capable of living in extreme environments?
2. Is the specific process by which microbes carry out the decomposition of harmful chemicals?
3. How do these organisms live in an extreme heat environment?
4. What animal can survive in extreme heat and cold?
5. What process do microorganisms use to break down pollutants?
6. Are microorganisms harmful to plants animals and humans?
7. What animals live in extreme heat?
8. What animals can survive extreme heat?
9. Can any animal survive being frozen?
10. What animal is fireproof?
11. Do water bears live in the ocean?
12. What are microorganisms examples?
13. Is fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
14. Is virus eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

Which of the following organisms are capable of living in extreme environments?

Most extremophiles are microorganisms (and a high proportion of these are archaea), but this group also includes eukaryotes such as protists (e.g., algae, fungi and protozoa) and multicellular organisms. Archaea is the main group to thrive in extreme environments.

Is the specific process by which microbes carry out the decomposition of harmful chemicals?

Factors affecting microbial bioremediation

Bioremediation is involved in degrading, removing, altering, immobilizing, or detoxifying various chemicals and physical wastes from the environment through the action of bacteria, fungi and plants.

How do these organisms live in an extreme heat environment?

One type of extremophiles is called thermophiles. These organisms can survive at very high temperatures. In the 1960s, heat resistant bacteria were discovered in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. ... All of these organisms are sustained not from photosynthesis, but from the energy and carbon dioxide from the vents.

What animal can survive in extreme heat and cold?

Jerboa. Jerboa. This desert-dwelling rodent takes the easy route when it comes to surviving extreme heat: it sleeps in a cool burrow during the day and comes out at night, when it's cooler, to find food.

What process do microorganisms use to break down pollutants?

Bioremediation uses micro-organisms to reduce pollution through the biological degradation of pollutants into non-toxic substances. This can involve either aerobic or anaerobic micro-organisms that often use this breakdown as an energy source.

Are microorganisms harmful to plants animals and humans?

Harmful microorganisms include fungi, bacteria, protozoa, etc. They cause several diseases in human beings, animals, and plants which can even lead to death. The harmful microorganisms not only damage the human body but also the food we eat. Such disease-causing microorganisms are called pathogens.

What animals live in extreme heat?

Despite harsh conditions, some animals thrive in hot, dry desert climates. These animals include fennec foxes, dung beetles, Bactrian camels, Mexican coyotes, sidewinder snakes and thorny devil lizards.

What animals can survive extreme heat?

Pupfish, foxes, and asses are among the creatures that like it hot. When the outdoors feels like it's set on broil, we humans can usually retreat into air-conditioned spaces. Wild animals don't have that luxury.

Can any animal survive being frozen?

Bdelloid rotifers are microscopic animals that can survive through freezing, drying, starvation and low oxygen conditions. Previously scientists thought they could survive frozen for up to 10 years.

What animal is fireproof?

"There are no real animals that are flame resistant or flame immune," Rachel Keeffe, a doctoral student studying reptiles and amphibians at the University of Florida, said in a statement.

Do water bears live in the ocean?

Tardigrades are semi-aquatic. They can survive in watery as well as terrestrial environments — from oceans and lakes to mountains, forests and sand dunes.

What are microorganisms examples?

Examples of microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protists. Viruses and prions, although microscopic, are not considered microorganisms by others because they are generally regarded as non-living.

Is fungi eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

In contrast to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells are highly organized. Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes, while all other living organisms — protists, plants, animals and fungi — are eukaryotes.

Is virus eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

Viruses are considered neither eukaryotes nor prokaryotes. They are simpler than cells and lack the characteristics of living things. They are small protein particles and are only able to replicate inside of the cells they infect.