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The growth of microorganisms under such extreme environmental conditions as high salt content, low or high temperatures, and very low pH has been known for many years. Thermophiles, microorganisms that have the ability to grow at high temperature (at or above 50°C), were first described by P. Miguel in 1888 (1–3). Since then, thermophiles isolated from compost, sewage, cultivated soil, mud, waters, and even in ocean bottom mud and freshly fallen snow, have been objects of biological interest. Information accumulated on the physiology of growth at high temperature has been summarized in many review papers (1–11).
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Oshima, T. (1972). Studies on an Extreme Thermophile. In: Rohlfing, D.L., Oparin, A.I. (eds) Molecular Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2019-7_32
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