stackyFACTSLooking wildly similar to regular bacteria but vastly different under the hood, these bizarre microscopic pioneers intentionally inhabit nature's worst real estate. You can easily find them joyfully multiplying in hypersaline lakes and incredibly caustic chemical vents where nothing else survives.
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