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It depends. Not all bacteria and archaea can share the same environment. Most archaea are extremophiles, i.e., they live under extreme environments like high salt concentration, marshy lands, radioactive soil, etc. All bacteria however are not extremophiles. There do exist certain species who live in environments having high temperature (thermophiles), low temperature (psychrophiles), etc but most bacterial species are mesophiles and live under conditions of normal temperature (around 25 to 38 degree celsius).

Moreover, temperature is not the only limiting factor. Any kind of extremity that would otherwise be lethal to most living forms are lovely places for archaea to live in. Have you ever wondered why cowdung is a good fuel source? Its because of archaea called methanogens which produce methane from the hydrocarbons present in cowdung. They are thus beneficial to us in a way!

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