Question

1. match the type of bacterium with its environment. each choice may be used once, more than once, or not at all. put the appropriate letter beside the environment.

psychotroph
mesophile
thermophile
hyperthermophile
psychrophile
a. food spoiling in refrigerator
b. hydrothermal vent
c. deep ocean waters
d. human pathogen
e. garden compost

Explanation:

Psychrotrophs can grow at low temperatures like in a refrigerator where food spoils. Mesophiles grow well at moderate temperatures and human pathogens are mesophiles. Thermophiles thrive in high - temperature environments such as garden compost. Hyperthermophiles live in extremely high - temperature places like hydrothermal vents. Psychrophiles are adapted to very cold environments like deep ocean waters.

Answer:

psychrotroph - A
mesophile - D
thermophile - E
hyperthermophile - B
psychrophile - C