Question

Which of the following pairs of microbe classification terms and optimal growth temperatures is mismatched? Which of the following pairs of microbe classification terms and optimal growth temperatures is mismatched? hyperthermophiles growth at 95°C psychrotroph growth at 22°C psychrophile growth at 37°C mesophile growth at 37°C

Answer 1

Psychrophile growth at 37°C is a mismatch.

Explanation:

• Psychrophiles are also known as cryophyles.
• These organisms are extremophilic because they inhabit extremely cold places whose temperatures are at about 10 degree Celsius to -20 degree Celsius.
• These places include polar belts, high snow covered mountains, deep sea beds and other regions with permafrost etc.
• Examples include many bacterial genus like Polaromonas, Psychrobacter, Arthrobacter etc.