Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: The diversity and evolution of extremophilic microbial eukaryotes

Microorganisms live in some of the harshest environments on Earth, from glaciers to arid deserts to the geothermal springs that are the focus of this work. Previous work in geothermal environments has led to the discovery of major groups of bacteria and archaea that have unique adaptations to cope with harsh environmental conditions. Single-celled…