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How extremophiles flourish in stressful environments. Thousands of molecules of ribonucleic acid make salt-loving microbes known as "Extremophiles" highly resistant to the phenomenon oxidative stress -- the uncontrollable production of unstable forms of oxygen called "Free radicals," which can negatively affect DNA, proteins, and lipids in cells. Source 6x.