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an organism with optimal growth at a concentration of dissolved salts of 50 g/L (= 5% m/v) or above (for comparison, the ocean salinity is about 35 g/L (= 3.5% m/v)).

*Hyperpiezophile: an organism with optimal growth at hydrostatic pressures above 50 MPa (= 493 atm = 7,252 psi).

*Hyperthermophile: an organism with optimal growth at temperatures

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