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Antarctic microbes live life to the extreme

source: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110404/full/news.2011.207.html

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http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110404/full/news.2011.207.html

You might not expect bacteria living in Antarctic ice to be well suited to life in a boiling kettle, but that is what Chilean scientists discovered during an expedition last year. The researchers have turned up more than 200 new species of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme environments.
link: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110404/full/news.2011.207.html
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