Juan de Fuca has microbe that survives at 266 degrees F.
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cliffhanger

Trad climber
California
Topic Author's Original Post - May 15, 2007 - 12:04pm PT
1.5 miles deep in a black smoker on the Juan de Fuca Ridge off Washington lives an extremophile microbe (archaean) that thrives at 250 degrees F and can survive 266 degrees.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0521_040521_extremeheat.html
caughtinside

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Davis, CA
May 15, 2007 - 12:13pm PT
I clicked on this because I didnt' think Juan de Fuca ridge was a real place.

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