The process is made possible by a unique microorganism called Pyrococcus furiosus, or "rushing fireball," which thrives by feeding on carbohydrates in the super-heated ocean waters near geothermal vents.
What does PFU stand for?
PFU stands for Pyrococcus Furiosus
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5 [micro]L 10x native Pyrococcus furiosus (pfu) polymerase buffer (Invitrogen AB, Lidingo, Sweden), 200 [micro]M GeneAmp dNTP mix with dTTP (Applied Biosystems), 200 nM forward primer CapGI3fw (5'-GAT CTC CTG CCC GAT TAT GTA AAT GAT GAT G-3', this study), targeting the end of ORF1 and beginning of ORF2, 200 nM reverse primer CapGI3rv (5'-CAT TAT GAT CTC CTA ATT CCA AGC CTA CGA GC-3', this study), specific for the end of ORF2 and beginning of ORF3, 5 [micro]L cDNA, 2.
In our experiments, we used a mixture of DyNAzyme II DNA polymerase from Thermus brockianus (Finzymes) and Pfu DNA polymerase from Pyrococcus furiosus (Fermentas), which possesses 3' [right arrow] 5' proofreading activity.
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.
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.