Another Scientist Has Given You a Culture of an Archaeon

question 8

Multiple Choice

Another scientist has given you a culture of an archaeon that is an extreme thermophile and is an obligate anaerobe. It does not produce methane and will not grow under high salt conditions or in very acidic conditions. What group does this organism belong to?

• A) Nanoarchaeota
• B) Crenarchaeota
• C) methanogens
• D) extreme halophiles
• E) Thermoplasmatales

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