Dunaliella salina is a bacterium that is able to live in aqueous solutions with such high salt concentrations that the salt cannot fully dissolve. D. salina is an example of a(n)

A) extreme thermophile.
B) extreme halophile.
C) methanogen.
D) proteobacteria.


Answer: B

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