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How do non-photosynthetic extremophiles get the energy they need to survive??

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Chemosynthesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

Through chemosynthesis (a form of autotrophic nutrition), extremophiles such as halophophytes (salt-loving organisms) and thermophiles (highbtemperature-loving organisms) obtain energy from basic chemical substances such as methane and carbon dioxide.

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