Extremotroph

<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Pestalotiopsis_microspora/kNyVtTry">Pestalotiopsis microspora</a></i>: plastic eater</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Halomonas_titanicae/2lKfW1jR">Halomonas titanicae</a></i>: metal eater <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Geotrichum_candidum/zPGE1k50">Geotrichum candidum</a></i>: compact disk eater <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Aspergillus_fumigatus/nddtg0af">Aspergillus fumigatus</a></i>: <a href="/facts/Printed_circuit_board/muSR2p43">printed circuit board</a> eater <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Deinococcus_radiodurans/GYr2God3">Deinococcus radiodurans</a></i>: radioactive waste eater</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Actinobacteria/vBImrRr7">Actinobacteria</a> from arid and desert habitats <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>Cold-tolerant <a href="/facts/Cyanobacteria/S8bKxIU9">cyanobacteria</a> found in polar ice shelves <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="industrial-uses">Industrial uses</h2>
<p>Extremotrophs are used as <a href="/facts/Bioremediation/zft68Ez9">bioremediation</a> and <a href="/facts/Biodegradation/d1UW4dfR">biodegradation</a> agents.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Chemotroph/Uxca0Fab">Chemotroph</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Extremophile/JGk1eYCk">Extremophile</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Heterotroph/wtzlgBtz">Heterotroph</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lithoautotroph/UxUKtfzA">Lithoautotroph</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Horikoshi, Koki (2010) Extremophiles Handbook, pg. 5 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>New Bacteria Found on Titanic; Eats Metal <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101212223033/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101210-new-species-bacteria-metal-titanic-wreck-science/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101212223033/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101210-new-species-bacteria-metal-titanic-wreck-science/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Fungus eats CD : Nature News <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2001/010627/full/news010628-11.html" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/news/2001/010627/full/news010628-11.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Kirksey, Kirk (2005) Computer Factoids: Tales from the High-Tech Underbelly, pg. 74 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Wink, Joachim; Mohammadipanah, Fatemeh (2016). "Actinobacteria from Arid and Desert Habitats: Diversity and Biological Activity". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 1541. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01541. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 4729944. PMID 26858692. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729944" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729944</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Mueller, Derek; Vincent, Warwick; Bonilla, Sylvia; Laurion, Isabelle (1 June 2005). "Extremotrophs, extremophiles and broadband pigmentation strategies in a high arctic ice shelf ecosystem". Microbiology Ecology. 53 (1): 73–87. Bibcode:2005FEMME..53...73M. doi:10.1016/j.femsec.2004.11.001. PMID 16329931. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.femsec.2004.11.001" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.femsec.2004.11.001</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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