Jump to content

Extremotroph: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Jhk7793 (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
Jhk7793 (talk | contribs)
Line 17: Line 17:
*[[Chemotroph]]
*[[Chemotroph]]
*[[Extremophile]]
*[[Extremophile]]
*[[Heterotroph]]
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}



Revision as of 21:29, 19 April 2019

An extremotroph (from Latin extremus meaning "extreme" and Greek troph (τροφ) meaning "food") is an organism that feeds on matter that is not typically considered to be food to most life on Earth. "These anthropocentric definitions that we make of extremophily and extremotrophy focus on a single environmental extreme but many extremophiles may fall into multiple categories, for example, organisms living inside hot rocks deep under the Earth's surface."[1]

Examples

  • Cold-tolerate cyanobacteria found in polar ice shelves [5]

Industrial uses

Extremotrophs are used as bioremediation and biodegradation agents.

See also

References

  1. ^ Horikoshi, Koki (2010) Extremophiles Handbook, pg. 5
  2. ^ New Bacteria Found on Titanic; Eats Metal
  3. ^ Fungus eats CD : Nature News
  4. ^ Kirksey, Kirk (2005) Computer Factoids: Tales from the High-Tech Underbelly, pg. 74
  5. ^ Mueller, Derek; Vincent, Warwick; Bonilla, Sylvia; Laurion, Isabelle (01 June 2005). "Extremotrophs, extremophiles and broadband pigmentation strategies in a high arctic ice shelf ecosystem". Microbiology Ecology. 53 (1): 73. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsec.2004.11.001. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |doi= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |doi= (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)