Talk:Thomas D. Brock

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A fact from Thomas D. Brock appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 January 2009, and was viewed approximately 401 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas D. Brock discovered Thermus aquaticus, an extremophile living at greater than 70 °C in hot springs at Yellowstone which became the source of the enzyme used in PCR?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/January.

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