different between hyperthermophile vs extremophile

English

Etymology

From hyper- +? thermophile.

Noun

hyperthermophile (plural hyperthermophiles)

1. (biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 208:

     Meanwhile, scientists were finding even hardier microbes, now known as hyperthermophiles, which demand temperatures of 80 degrees Celsius or more.

Related terms

• hyperthermophilic
• thermophile

Translations

English

Etymology

From extreme +? -o- +? -phile.

Noun

extremophile (plural extremophiles)

1. (ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 207:

     They had found the world's first extremophiles – organisms that could live in water that had previously been assumed to be much too hot or acid or choked with sulphur to bear life.

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See also

• acidophile
• alkaliphile
• barophile / piezophile
• halophile
• hyperthermophile
• mesophile
• microaerophile
• polyextremophile
• psychrophile
• thermophile