Extremophilic bacteria are able to survive in hostile environments, including scalding hot water found in springs and vents that reach temperatures over 100°C. Researchers studying these bacteria measured the function of a protein from an extremophile bacterium at 100°C, and they also measured the function of a similar protein from a human cell at 100°C. Which results do you think the researchers obtained?

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Extremophilic bacteria have adapted to survive in extreme conditions, such as high temperatures, and their proteins are stable and functional at these temperatures. Human proteins, however, typically denature and lose function at such high temperatures.

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