[Cell Press] A tiny, single-celled organism can thrive at temperatures that would kill all other known complex life.
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A Geothermal Amoeba Sets A New Upper Temperature Limit For Eukaryotes
The study of temperature limits has transformed our knowledge of the boundaries of life but has been largely focused on bacteria and archaea. We isolated a novel geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba […]