Ice+Lovers

  Archaebacteria: Ice Lovers



Archaebacteria are extremophiles that can live in extreme places like volcanoes, salt water and hot water geysers. Some have even been found on a space shuttle after it went up into space and back! Ice lovers are even more interesting. They were recently found in 1998 living in two miles of ice for 400 thousand years. Archaebacteria is one of the most fascinating (and EXTREME     !) kingdoms in the world.

Archaebacteria is prokaryotic, which means they don’t have a nucleus. They are unicellular which means they have one cell. They do have a cell wall like many plants and bacteria. They are also extremophiles. Therefore they can live in extreme environments. The three main types of extremophiles are heat-loving, salt-loving, and methane-making. They live in extreme     Have you ever lived in ice for 400,000 years? I didn’t think so. places like volcanoes, the Dead Sea, and swamp. Ice samples containing archeabacteria have been taken from Lake Vostok located in Antarctica. It is as deep as 4000m. That’s about 1200 feet! Ice lovers can also be found in outer space. There are even ice lovers living on the moon in Jupiter! Scientists think ice lovers mhight also be living on our moon because our moon is so cold, just the way ice lovers like it. 

By: Nathan , Evan , Jillian , Lizzie , and Alexis Period: 1