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A few organisms were known to grow and multiply in hot sulphur spring of pH 3-4 . They belong to 

Option: 1

Thermoacidophilic bacteria 


Option: 2

Hot spring blue-green algae 


Option: 3

Methanogens 


Option: 4

Halophiles 


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Thermoacidophiles -

  1. Chemosynthetic
  2. Aerobes or anaerobes
  3. Gram negative bacteria
  4. They oxidised or reduced sulphur
  5. Grow in high temperature and high acidic condition (pH 1 – 4)and found in hot sulphur springs.

- wherein

Eg. Thermoplasma, thermoproteus.

 Thermoacidophiles are temprature and acid loving archaebacteria 

 

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