An extremophile is an organism that thrives in and may even require physically or geochemically extreme conditions that are detrimental to the majority of life on Earth. Most known extremophiles are microbes. The domain Archaea contains renowned examples, but extremophiles are present in numerous and diverse genetic lineages of both bacteria and archaeans. Furthermore, it's erroneous to use the term extremophile to encompass all archaeans, as some are mesophilic. Neither are all extremophiles un… (More on Extremophile)