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Use "extremophiles" in a sentence
"They think the lake might be a haven for so-called "extremophiles" - bacteria and other single-celled organisms that have evolved to live in conditions in which other life forms would struggle to survive, such as darkness, or extreme temperatures, or salinity."
"As surface oceans came and went, underground ponds could have persisted long enough to give rise to "extremophiles" -- like the hardy bacteria at the bottom of Earth's oceans that thrive on volcanic heat."
"The toughness of these bugs -- which are types of bacteria or archaea called extremophiles -- has long attracted researchers hoping to put them to work in industrial settings such as environmental cleanups or fuel production."