Ferro plasma acidiphilum:
a. Iron Mountain, CA
b. obsidian pools in Yellowstone National Park
c. sewage sludge and bovine rumens
d. associates with Ignicoccus
e. deep sea vents
Ans: a. Iron Mountain, CA
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