hyperextremophile
English edit
Etymology edit
hyper- + extremophile.
Noun edit
hyperextremophile (plural hyperextremophiles)
- (biology) An organism that thrives at higher temperatures than typical extremophiles, which in turn thrive at higher temperatures than ordinary life. [from 1990s]
- 2000, Joseph Seckbach, “Extremophilies as Models for Extraterrestrial Life”, in ASP Conference Series, volume 213, →Bibcode:
- Prokarya hyperextremophiles thrive at higher levels of temperature and in hypersalinity than the moderate extremophiles.