User:MPerel/DYK facts
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
?
22 January 2009
... that
Amaranthus brownii
, an
endangered species
of
pigweed
endemic
to the
Northwestern Hawaiian Island
of
Nihoa
, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the
wild
for twenty-five years?
6 April 2008