▲ 54 ▼ This 'fire amoeba' pushes the limit of what's possible for complex life (www.npr.org) submitted 6 days ago by artifex@piefed.zip to c/science@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments The species is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F -- a record for complex eukaryotic life -- though after this summer 147 doesn't even seem that extreme.
[–] gzgz@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 days ago (2 children) Pls in Celcius permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) The original paper gives the temperatures in Celsius: For decades after their discovery, no eukaryote was shown to replicate above 60°C. We isolated a geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that divides at 63°C and is motile up to 64°C. [...] The minimum growth temperature is 42°C, with no growth at 40°C or lower; optimal growth is at 55°C–57°C (Figure 2A; Table S6), and maximum growth is at 63°C, with no growth at 64°C or higher. permalink fedilink source parent [–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 9 points 6 days ago 145F = ~62.78C permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) The original paper gives the temperatures in Celsius: For decades after their discovery, no eukaryote was shown to replicate above 60°C. We isolated a geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that divides at 63°C and is motile up to 64°C. [...] The minimum growth temperature is 42°C, with no growth at 40°C or lower; optimal growth is at 55°C–57°C (Figure 2A; Table S6), and maximum growth is at 63°C, with no growth at 64°C or higher. permalink fedilink source parent