Incendiamoeba cascadensis can replicate at 145° F, breaking the heat tolerance record for eukaryotes, a domain of life that includes plants and animals.
A tiny, single-celled organism can thrive at temperatures that would kill all other known complex life. In a study published in Cell, scientists describe a new species of amoeba that can eat and reproduce in hot spring water as warm as 63°C (145°F) in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
(FOX40.COM) — NASA-supported researchers have discovered a new class of amoeba that can live in extreme water temperatures never thought habitable for complex life in Lassen Volcanic National Park on Tuesday.
Near the forested trails of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, green, boiling hot streams flow through the grassy meadows. Inside that shallow, algae-slicked water lives an amoeba with the highest heat tolerance of any complex organism on Earth.
Scientists Discover an Amoeba That Thrives at 63°C, Shattering the Heat Limit for Complex Life | Since Then
