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Yellowstone National Park’s famoushot springshave long fascinated visitors with their vibrant colors and steaming pools. For microbiologists, these extreme environments offer a unique glimpse into ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

Hidden beneath a metal cover next to the sidewalk on Indian Canyon Drive, hot spring water bubbles up through sand into a steaming underground pool. This spring gave the city of Palm Springs its name.

Isolate TP-2 produced significant amount of industrially important enzymes i.e. extracellular α-amylase ... this work was to isolate and characterize thermophilic bacteria from Tatta Pani hot spring ...

Deviating from this range causes enzyme activity to slow down and eventually stop. However, some organisms, like bacteria, thrive in extreme environments, such as hot springs or freezing polar waters.

Credit: SciTechDaily.com Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration ... Nevertheless, studies of ancient bacteria that still exist today in oxygen-free ...

Nevertheless, studies of ancient bacteria that still occur today in ecosystems without oxygen, e.g., in hot springs at the bottom ... with similar respiratory enzymes. More information: Anuj ...

“This was the first time such bacteria were collected in situ in an extreme environment like an alkaline hot spring,” said ... For example, a super-enzyme has been discovered that can break ...

and were produced in both springs. Significantly, the enzymes with the highest affinity for oxygen were only expressed in the habitat with high concentrations of sulfide. Their results showed that ...

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki Bhaya says we should be... The colorful community of microbes hiding in ...