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A few organism are known to grow and mul...

A few organism are known to grow and multiply at temperature of `100-105^(@) C`. They belong to

A

Thermophilic subaerial fungi

B

Marine archaebacteria

C

Thermophilic sulphur bacteria

D

Hot spring blue-green algae

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The correct Answer is:
B
The cell membrane of archaebacteria is consists of branched-chain lipids, long chain branches aicchois, phytanals, ether which is linked to glycerol. This enables them to tolerate extremes of heat.
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