title: The value of basic research: discovery of Thermus aquaticus and other extreme thermophiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Brock
mesh_terms: D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000266:history; D019914:Taq Polymerase / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history; D013824:Thermus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014922:Wisconsin
chemical_list: D019914:Taq Polymerase