Talk:Psychrophile
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these temperatures have just got to be wrong, no? 15 degrees celsius? that's t-shit and shorts weather
== durrrrr>>>>>>!>!>!>!>!>! ==Hi Peeps!
the temperatures are way less than 15 degrees celcious.
!_! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rappidfire50 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 21 February 2007 (UTC).
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[edit] Painful?
"Psychrophiles utilize a wide and unusually painful variety of metabolic pathways, including photosynthesis, chemoautotrophy (also sometimes known as lithotrophy), and heterotrophy,"
How are these pathways painful?
[edit] Cryophile
I think this word should be used more often in the article, because cryo- is a term I'm familiar with, whereas I wonder if psychro- is a misspelling of something else. Brewhaha@edmc.net 07:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Psychrotroph
"Psychrotroph" redirects to this page, but they are an entirely different classification. Psychrotrophs can grow between 0-7 degrees C, but have an optimum growth temperature between 20 - 30 degrees C (Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas fluorescens).
Can someone please make a psychrotroph page?
P.S. Psychro- is the correct spelling. I'm more comfortable with the word "mate" than "buddy" or "dude", but the Americans arn't gonna switch for me!
[edit] How exactly are these extreme?
The stated temperature range in this article, 0 - 40C with an optimum around 15C, fully overlaps with all mammalian life. In fact, humans typically prefer temperatures somewhat colder than this range (by 5-10 degrees), though with a slightly higher optimum (again, by 5-10 degrees). So what is "extreme" about this classification? --70.131.121.26 (talk) 14:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
