Originally found in Yellowstone springs.
Thrives at one hundred and seventy degrees.
Can survive at 120 degrees to 175 degrees.
Obtains energy from growth from its photosynthetic neighbors.
Experimented upon to see how enzymes and proteins could function at such high temperatures.
Eventually became famous because they were a source of thermo stable enzymes which means that they provided enzymes that were stable at higher temperatures.
DNA polymerase was a molecule that could not be made very pure and it was replaced by one of the enzymes because the enzyme could be manufactured into a more pure form.
Kari Mullis was one of the main scientists in this project and eventually won the Nobel Peace prize for his work.
These bacteria have become a corner stone in leading medical technology because of their thermo stable enzymes.
The industrial usage of these enzymes has grown so much it has become a multimillion dollar industry.
The FIRST bacteria that was ever found to be able to survive at extremely high temperatures.
In order to copy DNA we need to successively heat and cool the DNA to copy it but if it gets too hot then the enzymes will be destroyed. This is where these enzymes come in. These enzymes can survive at higher temperature and thus are perfect for this process. Used in forensics, and also studies involving AIDS.
One of at least 50 bacteria that could survive at such high temperatures.
Because they live in these temperatures scientists believe that they may offer a window of what life was like when the earth was young because life back then had many of these hot springs and volcanos.
It is gram Negative.
It is an aerobic bacteria.
Discovered in 1969 by Thomas Brock and Hudson Freeze.
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