The discovery of Thermus aquaticus is far from where Brock's research ended. During a decade of research on hot springs and geysers at Yellowstone, Brock authored some 100 papers based on his work.

Thermus aquaticus was used in the 1980s by the biochemist Kary B. Mullis to help create the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, which earned him a share of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Thermus aquaticus was discovered by Thomas D. Brock and Hudson Freeze in Yellowstone National Park in 1969. The bacterium is ...

The discovery of Thermus aquaticus is far from where Brock's research ended. During a decade of research on hot springs and geysers at Yellowstone, Brock authored some 100 papers based on his work.

There’s a chance the next transformative microbe neighbors with Thermus aquaticus. Last year, a team of researchers led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology revived 100 ...

Thermus aquaticus discoverer Brock, is philosophical about the whole thing. “Yellowstone didn’t get any money from it. I didn’t get any money, either, and I’m not complaining.

Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

Thermus aquaticus not only withstood, but thrived, in temperatures above 160 F. For comparison, try turning on the hot water tap at home, and let it run. It will scald your hand, ...

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The protocol describes the site-specific chemical modification of 23S rRNA of Thermus aquaticus ribosomes. The centerpiece of this 'atomic mutagenesis' approach is the site-specific incorporation ...