Politicians have mocked and cut federally funded research for decades, but funding basic science has a history of lifesaving ...

One of the most phenomenal discoveries was a microorganism called Thermus aquaticus. Thermus aquaticus was isolated by Tom Brock back in the 1960s, and after he isolated this organism, other ...

They also sent live samples to a biological collection. One of these bacteria—Thermus aquaticus—was essential to researchers when they were searching for an enzyme that could withstand boiling.

In (+)-stranded RNA viruses, RNA is the sole genetic material. Because infected host cells ordinarily lack RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) activity, these RNA viruses encode a replicative ...

RbpA and CarD are essential transcription regulators in mycobacteria. Mechanistic analyses of promoter open complex (RPo) formation establish that RbpA and CarD cooperatively stimulate formation of an ...