Microbes at the Extremes May Tell Us...HOW LIFE BEGAN.

Focuses on microbial life that thrive on boiling heat and freezing cold, radiation and toxic chemicals. Discussion of how some of the extremophiles are bacteria and some are Archaea, a new biological kingdom created by scientists; Importance of the single-celled organisms in origin of life theories; Indication that the microbes use the process of chemoautotrophy; Mention of research into extremophiles by astrobiologists, geologists and others.