Explain how extremes of pH limit growth. Majority of organisms live or grow in habitats between pH 6 and 8 obligate acidophiles: Euglena mutabilis-alga that grows between 0 and 1.0 pH Thermoplasma-archae that lives in hot coal piles at a pH of 1 to 2, and would lyse if exposed to pH 7.
Most of the current California wildfires are in the north, including a large one in Mendocino County and several others in the Sierra Nevada, the north coast and the San Joaquin Valley.
Ventura County Fire Department estimates the Thomas Fire has burned about 10,000 acres. **** (Originally published at 10:24 p.m. PST December 4, 2017. We will update this article as new information is available. ) A wind-driven wildfire is causing evacuations north of Santa Paula, California 8 to 10 miles northeast of Ventura.