Articles
Año 9 No.25 Enero - Abril 2023
BIOTECHNOLOGY AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
Licenciatura en Biotecnología. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas BUAP
Bio
Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Bio
Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Bio
Licenciatura en Biotecnología. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas BUAP
Bio
Licenciatura en Biotecnología. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas BUAP
Bio
Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Bio
Abstract
Microorganisms are one of the oldest forms of life on the planet, and some of them can grow in extreme environmental conditions that would not allow other organisms to develop; for example, they can be resistant to ultraviolet light and can survive at temperatures close to the boiling point or below the freezing point of water, and they can also develop at extremely high altitudes or in the depths of the ocean, in the presence of harmful compounds such as heavy metals. Yellowstone National Park is a hyperthermal environment in which diverse microorganisms develop. An example is the bacterium Thermus aquaticus, which was isolated from samples of this environment, and its enzyme DNA polymerase is used in the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Examples of microorganisms that are capable of living at high temperatures and their applications in the field of biotechnology are mentioned in this article.
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