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Most applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method now rely on thermostable Taq Polymerase, an enzyme from ''Thermus aquauatics'' - see [[1taq]], [[1tau]], [[1bgx]]; Kary Mullis shared the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1993/ 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] for the invention of PCR. | Most applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method now rely on thermostable Taq Polymerase, an enzyme from ''Thermus aquauatics'' - see [[1taq]], [[1tau]], [[1bgx]]; Kary Mullis shared the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1993/ 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] for the invention of PCR. | ||
Even before | Even before the use of the extremeophile's enzymes as tools and models in the lab, the biological analysis of these diverse organisms had a profound effect on how scientist thought about evolution of life on on our planet and phylogenetic relationships, perhaps best illustrated by [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html Carl Woese's work to classify life into three Domains]: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryota. | ||
==See Also (in Proteopedia)== | ==See Also (in Proteopedia)== | ||
