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Thomas D. Brock

American microbiologist who discovered and cultured the high temperature bacterium, Thermus aquaticus, from a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a polymerase from which was later used by Kary Mullis to develop PCR, a key reaction in genetic sequencing.

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Born 1926
Died 2021

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  • Cover of: Pasteur and modern science

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  • Cover of: Milestones in Microbiology

    First published in 1961 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A Eutrophic Lake: Lake Mendota, Wisconsin

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  • Cover of: Brock biology of microorganisms

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  • Cover of: Thermophiles: general, molecularand applied microbiology

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Thermophilic microorganisms and life at high temperatures

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Robert Koch, a life in medicine and bacteriology

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  • Cover of: Eutrophic Lake: Lake Mendota, Wisconsin

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  • Cover of: Robert Koch: A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology

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    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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Born 1926
Died 2021

Subjects

Microbiology, Biography, Ecology, History, Hot spring ecology, Lake ecology, Limnology, Microbial ecology, Microbiologie, Mikrobiologie, Thermophilic microorganisms, Bacteria, Genealogy, Industrial microbiology, Micro-organismen, Micro-organisms, Thermophilic, Microbiologists, Microorganisms, 1822-1895, 19th Century, Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Artificial Membranes, Authors and publishers, Authorship, Bacille de

Places

Wisconsin, Yellowstone National Park, Germany, Lake Mendota, Canada, France, Mendota Lake

People

Robert Koch (1843-1910), Brock family, Francis Brock (ca. 1758-1826), Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), Ringwald family

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  • OLID: OL237284A

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June 16, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 24, 2021 Edited by Tom Morris Normal name order & add bio & death date
April 24, 2021 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import