1. Extremophiles
The concept of extremophiles was coined by microbiologists who played a pioneering role in discovering new species of microorganisms in environments previously considered sterile. Such was the case of T. Brock, who in the late 1960s discovered the first species to grow at temperatures of around 70°C in the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the United States. In 1969, he particularly isolated Thermus aquaticus, the basis for the discovery of thermostable DNA polymerases . At the same time, K. Horikoshi...
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Extremophiles
Properties of extremophiles
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