Hyperthermophilic archaeal cellular structures

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Hyperthermophilic organisms have been the subject of intense study since their discovery in 1977 in the Galapagos Rift¹. It was thought impossible for life to exist at temperatures a great as 100ºC until Pyrolobus fumarii was discovered in 1997². P. fumarii is an unicellular organism from the domain Archaea living in the hydrothermal vents in black smokers along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge². These organisms can live at 106ºC at a pH of 5.5². In order to get energy from their environment these organisms are facultatively aerobic obligate chemolithoautotrophs, meaning these organisms build biomolecules by harvesting CO₂ from their environment by using H₂ as their primary electron donor and NO₃^- as its primary electron acceptor². These organisms can even survive the autoclave, which is a machine designed to kill organisms through high heat and pressure². These organisms have unique chemistry due to their extreme environment making them useful for biological research.

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Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.

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Further Reading

[Sample link] Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Special Pathogens Branch

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Edited by (your name here), a student of Nora Sullivan in BIOL168L (Microbiology) in The Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges Spring 2014.