DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park ...

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — Towering mountain ranges, sylvan lakes and explosive geysers don’t make for a traditional laboratory setting. But here at Yellowstone National Park, new definitions ...

In 1964, the microbiologist was driving out West when he stopped to visit Yellowstone National Park. ... The enzyme from Thermus aquaticus, called Taq polymerase, ...

Yellowstone had no share in the Taq test profits. And so, hoping to cash in on its natural resources, the National Park Service signed a secretive research-sharing agreement with Diversa ...

Microbiologist Thomas Brock died early this month at the age of 94. His discovery of thermophile bacteria at Yellowstone National Park in 1966 eventually enabled the development of tests for COVID-19.

Key ingredient in coronavirus tests comes from Yellowstone’s lakes. A curious life-form that lives in the park’s thermal pools makes a protein that changed the course of biomedical history.

The science behind COVID-19 PCR tests can be traced back to two microbiologists' discovery in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park.