thermoacidophile

thermoacidophile
/therr'moh euh sid"euh fuyl', -as"i deuh-/, n.
any organism, esp. a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
[THERMO- + ACIDOPHILE]

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