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Thermophilic Bacteria

Onyryc onyryc at free.fr
Sun Apr 2 15:15:00 EST 2000


I suppose they use stabilization proteins, but it's only a suposition. Or
perhaps a molecule like Calcium dipicholinate (like the sporius). Perhaps
the presure have an imortant role.

Excuse me for the language, but I'm french.

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"Sripathi Ramadurai" <sripathi at home.com> a écrit dans le message news:
scaF4.3839$k5.90949 at news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com...
> Hi!
>
> How do Thermophilic Bacteria survive at high temperatures?  Normally DNA
> would denature at high temperatures, how come it does not in these
bacteria?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Padmini






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