Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Barophile, an organism at high pressure!!

Barophile is an organism which thrives at high pressures, such as deep sea bacteria .The deep-sea environment is characterized by high pressure and low temperature but in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents regions of extremely high temperature exist. Deep-sea microorganisms have specially adapted features that enable them to live and grow in this extreme environment.

As one delves deeper into a body of water, the pressure experienced increases.  The opposite happens when one climbs a tall mountain, at higher altitudes the atmospheric pressure is less than at lower elevations.  Therefore, the air is “thinner” the higher you go.  For humans, it is difficult to survive at extreme elevations or in the depths of the ocean without advanced technology

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