Incendiamoeba cascadensis

Translingual mul Proper noun 1 f Incendiamoeba genus cascadensis mul species family Vermamoebidae family a thermophile amoeba capable of reproducing at 63 °C (145 °F), higher than any known single-cell eukaryote, discovered at Mount Lassen in California; fire amoeba or fire ameba en mul Extreme 'Fire Amoeba' Smashes Record For Heat Tolerance Nature: Science Alert 01 December 2025 Michelle Starr The newly named Incendiamoeba cascadensis – meaning "fire amoeba from the Cascades", as described in a preprint on bioRxiv – grows and divides at temperatures up to 63 degrees Celsius (145 Fahrenheit), the highest known temperature for a eukaryotic organism. / Moreover, it doesn't start growing until temperatures reach at least 42 degrees Celsius. This makes it an obligate thermophile – a creature that requires conditions far hotter than most eukaryotic organisms can endure. en mul 03 December 2025 ‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell: The single-celled organism can grow at 63 °C, a record for eukaryotic life. w:Nature Ewen Callaway The park is famous for gurgling acid lakes and incandescent geothermal pools, but I. cascadensis comes from a pH-neutral ‘hot stream’. “It’s the most uninteresting geothermal feature you’ll find in Lassen,” says Rappaport. Hypernyms species Tubulinea class class; Echinamoebida order order; Vermamoebidae family family; Incendiamoeba genus genus References 1 Echinamoebida Tubulinea