EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Many kinds of archaea live in the hydrothermal waters of Yellowstone. For example, Grand Prismatic Spring at Midway Geyser Basin contains archaea. They are most well known in the superheated acidic features of Norris Geyser Basin and in the muddy roiling springs of the Mud Volcano area.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cyanobacteria are found in some of the colorful mats and streamers of Yellowstone’s hot springs. Thermophiles, or heat-loving microscopic organisms, are nourished by the extreme habitat at hydrothermal features in Yellowstone National Park.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaea that live in extremely hot environments are called thermophiles.

Detailed explanation-4: -In these underground hot springs, some of the most ancient single-celled bacteria and archaea live the life of extremophiles (organisms that live under extreme environmental conditions such as hot springs or ice caps).

Detailed explanation-5: -Thermophilic bacteria are those that thrive within high temperatures, usually between 45 and 80 C (113 and 176F) and are found in environments such as hot springs, peat bogs, and near deep-sea hydrothermal vents.