What does PFU stand for?

X-ray structures of Pyrococcus furiosus Mre11 revealed a 2-domain architecture for the catalytically active core of the protein (Hopfner et al.

Scientists identified a thermostable hydrolizing enzyme, b-glycosidase, from genetically modified hyperthermophilic Archea Sulfolobus solfataricus and Pyrococcus furiosus that grew in continuous fermentors.

However, Taq was eventually found to be susceptible to errors in complementary base pairing during primer extension (see section on PCR protocol); and although the Taq polymerase is still used, many investigators currently prefer to use the DNA polymeruse cloned from Pyrococcus furiosus (Pfu), an organism that grows optimally in geothermal marine sediments at 100 [degrees] C.

Among them one finds Pyrococcus furiosus, which enjoys temperatures around 100oC.

A thermalvent bacteria, Pyrococcus furiosus, was the source of a beta-glucosidase with an optimum temperature of 100 C and unusual substrate specificity for glycosylation.