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EXTREMOPHILE BACTERIA ENVIRONMENTLY FRIENDLY AND CHEAPER.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-DEC-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
In the steamy waters of Yellowstone National Park's hot springs lives a type of bacterium that could help make industrial bleaching cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Scientists have found Thermus brockianus bacteria produce a hardy enzyme that can be put to work breaking down hydrogen peroxide in industrial wastewater, producing only harmless oxygen and water as byproducts. Most important, the so-called extremozyme endures harsh industrial conditions better than currently available alternatives and lasts thousands of times longer.

R&D Magazine declared the isolation and production of the enzyme -- named the Ultrastable Catalase Enzyme by the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory researchers who found it -- to be one of the 100 most significant technological achievements of 2004. Chemical engineer Vicki Thompson and biologists William Apel and Kastli Schaller from INEEL were recognized this year at the...

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