The Archaea Sulfolobus live in volcanic hot springs where they obtain energy from chemical reactions and carbon from their environment. Given this, they can be classified metabolically as

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Sulfolobus obtains energy from chemical reactions (chemo) in the volcanic hot springs and uses carbon from their environment to synthesize organic compounds (autotrophs). Therefore, they can be classified as chemoautotrophs.

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