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Which kingdom is often called extremophiles?

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Typically they are classified as archaea but can be eukaryotes such as protists. (if "menora" is an option, I would select that!)
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User Mike Fulton
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An extremophile is any microbe that thrives in extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, salinity, or concentrations of hostile chemicals. Many extremophiles belong to the kingdom Archaea, also known as Archaebacteria, and most known Archaebacteria are extremophiles. There are also extremophiles to be found outside the kingdom Archaea; for example there are bacteria and eukaryotic prokaryotes that are extremophiles, as well as species of worm, crustacean, and krill.
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