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New Fire Amoeba Thrives in Boiling Hot Springs and Pushes Eukaryotic Life to Unprecedented Hottest Limit
Scientists have found a tiny organism living where most complex cells would quickly fall apart. A newly identified amoeba from California can actively grow and reproduce at temperatures reaching 63 degrees Celsius, or 145.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Researchers named the species ‘Incendiamoeba cascadensis,’ which translates roughly to “fire amoeba from the Cascades.” The discovery pushes the […]
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