Question

Which would likely live in the Great Salt Lake?

a. thermoacidophile

b. methanogen

c. Eubacteria

d. halophile

Answer 1

A halophile because they live in saline environments, but the other 2 do not.

Answer 2

• A halophile is most likely to live in the great salt lake as the halophiles are the organisms which thrive in salty environments.
• The word halophile is derived from halo+phile in which halo means salt and phile means loving. Thus the halophiles are salt-loving organisms.
• Halophiles are adapted to survive in high salt concentrations and as the great salt lake as a very high amount of salt present in it, only the halophiles are most likely to be found in it.
• An example of the halophile present in the great salt lake is the bacteria belonging to the genus Halobacterium.