Science‘Fire amoeba’ reportedly reproduces at 63°C, setting a heat record for complex life
NDTV Profit reports that the amoeba was found in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park. NASA says the discovery could broaden the search for habitable worlds.
TLDR
NASA says researchers it supported found the first known eukaryote able to reproduce at 63°C (145°F). Science News identifies the organism as Incendiamoeba cascadensis and explains that eukaryotes are a domain of life that includes plants and animals. Phys.org reports that the amoeba can grow and divide above the long-recognized 60°C limit for complex cells, and that its heat defenses may involve unusual protein stability.
‘Fire amoeba’ reportedly reproduces at 63°C, setting a heat record for complex life
NDTV Profit reports that the amoeba was found in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park. NASA says the discovery could broaden the search for habitable worlds.
