Pyrolobus fumarii, an extreme thermophile, can survive at a temperature as high as 113°C. This microorganism could be categorized as which of the following?
Pyrolobus fumarii belongs to the kingdom of archaebacteria that is a thermophile which thrives at very high temperatures as much as 113 C. It was first discovered in 1997 in a hydrothermal vent where the temperature is as high as that. It belongs to the phylum Crenarchaeota, class Thermoprotei, Order Desulfurococcales and Family Pyrodictiaceae. Answer is B.
