Editing Extremophile (section)

== Examples and recent findings==
New sub-types of extremophiles are identified frequently and the sub-category list for extremophiles is always growing. For example, microbial life lives in the liquid [[Bitumen|asphalt]] lake, [[Pitch Lake]]. Research indicates that extremophiles inhabit the asphalt lake in populations ranging between 10<sup>6</sup> and 10<sup>7</sup> cells/gram.<ref>[https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/04/15/91763/microbial-life-found-in-hydrocarbon-lake/ Microbial Life Found in Hydrocarbon Lake.] ''the physics arXiv blog'' 15 April 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schulze-Makuch |first1=Dirk |last2=Haque |first2=Shirin |last3=De Sousa Antonio |first3=Marina Resendes |last4=Ali |first4=Denzil |last5=Hosein |first5=Riad |last6=Song |first6=Young C. |last7=Yang |first7=Jinshu |last8=Zaikova |first8=Elena |last9=Beckles |first9=Denise M. |last10=Guinan |first10=Edward |last11=Lehto |first11=Harry J. |last12=Hallam |first12=Steven J. |year=2011 |title=Microbial Life in a Liquid Asphalt Desert |journal=Astrobiology |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=241–58 |arxiv=1004.2047 |bibcode=2011AsBio..11..241S |doi=10.1089/ast.2010.0488 |pmid=21480792 |s2cid=22078593}}</ref> Likewise, until recently, [[boron]] tolerance was unknown, but a strong borophile was discovered in bacteria. With the recent isolation of ''[[Bacillus boroniphilus]]'', borophiles came into discussion.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Ahmed I, Yokota A, Fujiwara T |date=March 2007 |title=A novel highly boron tolerant bacterium, Bacillus boroniphilus sp. nov., isolated from soil, that requires boron for its growth |journal=Extremophiles |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=217–24 |doi=10.1007/s00792-006-0027-0 |pmid=17072687 |s2cid=2965138}}</ref> Studying these borophiles may help illuminate the mechanisms of both boron toxicity and boron deficiency.

In July 2019, a scientific study of [[Kidd Mine]] in Canada discovered [[sulfur-breathing organisms]] which live {{Convert|7900|ft}} below the surface, and which breathe sulfur in order to survive. These organisms are also remarkable due to eating rocks such as pyrite as their regular food source.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lollar |first1=Garnet S. |last2=Warr |first2=Oliver |last3=Telling |first3=Jon |last4=Osburn |first4=Magdalena R. |last5=Lollar |first5=Barbara Sherwood |year=2019 |title='Follow the Water': Hydrogeochemical Constraints on Microbial Investigations 2.4 km Below Surface at the Kidd Creek Deep Fluid and Deep Life Observatory |journal=Geomicrobiology Journal |volume=36 |issue=10 |pages=859–72 |doi=10.1080/01490451.2019.1641770 |bibcode=2019GmbJ...36..859L |s2cid=199636268}}</ref><ref>[https://deepcarbon.net/worlds-oldest-groundwater-supports-life-through-water-rock-chemistry World’s Oldest Groundwater Supports Life Through Water-Rock Chemistry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910013319/https://deepcarbon.net/worlds-oldest-groundwater-supports-life-through-water-rock-chemistry |date=10 September 2019 }}, 29 July 2019, deepcarbon.net.</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/strange-life-forms-found-deep-mine-point-vast-underground-galapagos-ncna1050906 Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'], By Corey S. Powell, 7 Sept. 2019, nbcnews.com.</ref>