extremophile

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not in OED.

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-nasas-form-life-untrue-015324767.html :
Rather than being a new form of life that thrives on arsenic, Science's
statement summed up the latest studies by describing the bacterium as "a
well-adapted extremophile that lives in a high-arsenic environment."

And it can be applied more generally too.

JL

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