In 1964, the microbiologist was driving out West when he stopped to visit Yellowstone National Park ... Brock named it Thermus aquaticus. The discovery of this hardy bacteria revolutionized ...

The single-celled microbe, now known, fittingly, as Thermus aquaticus, has since become an essential ... made without studies directly in the natural environment in Yellowstone National Park,” Brock ...

The wonderland known as Yellowstone National Park has yielded a new ... living in the same hot springs where the microbe Thermus aquaticus had been found previously. T. aquaticus was crucial ...

Slimy orange mats of microbes grow at Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park ... The discovery of one of the species, Thermus aquaticus, would go on to revolutionize molecular ...

And so, hoping to cash in on its natural resources, the National Park Service ... success. Thermus aquaticus discoverer Brock, is philosophical about the whole thing. “Yellowstone didn’t ...

Our story this week begins with a tiny life-form invisible to the naked eye. Its name is Thermus aquaticus, a small bacterium originally found in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park.

Thermus aquaticus was discovered by Thomas D. Brock and Hudson Freeze in Yellowstone National Park in 1969. The bacterium is known for creating a protein called Taq polymerase—a heat-resistant ...

Microbes in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park have evolved to live ... One of these bacteria—Thermus aquaticus—was essential to researchers when they were searching for an enzyme ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

In 1964, the microbiologist was driving out West when he stopped to visit Yellowstone National Park ... Brock named it Thermus aquaticus. The discovery of this hardy bacteria revolutionized ...

DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, and today it's a common research technique. This game-changing ...