Welcome to ArchaeaCast! In our fourth episode, our hosts Dr. Connor Hines and Dr. Alex Philips talk about Thermophiles, the Archaea which are almost too hot to handle! In the second part of the episode, Theopi Rados interviews Prof. Rachel Whitaker, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Picture of Pyrococcus furiosus

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For nomenclature changes, current nomenclature can be found here

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