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Nature is full of interesting goodies. My favorite is the discovery taq polymerase from thermophile bacteria that lives on thermal vents at the bottom of the oc
by therzathegza 12y ago
Nature is full of interesting goodies. My favorite is the discovery taq polymerase from thermophile bacteria that lives on thermal vents at the bottom of the ocean.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction
Another form of code reuse!
I also wonder what amazing things we could find in rare/niche ecosystems giving that in such a short time we've seen things like this and rapamycin.