Extremophile: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	extremophilic organism

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Bright yellow mats of thermophilic archaea form irregular shapes along the edge of a geothermal pool with greenish water in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

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greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)

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