http://www.bact.wisc.edu/bact303/b27

Upon further experimentation, the Thermus Aquaticus Bacteria was found to be able to function at almost boiling water temperatures.

Invisible to the naked eye.

uses methane, hydrogen gas, and hydrogen sulfide, as apposed to normal bacteria, which use sunlight for energy.

When Thomas Brock discovered Thermus Aquaticus, he created the nickname known as Taq.

Thermus Aquaticus is part of a group called thermophiles Thermophiles reproduce by sexual or asexual reproduction Found in hot spring water, or geothermal places on the earth, such as heat vents in the ocean

thermus aquaticus is extremely hard to study, as things such as its heat requirements are hard to provide in a labratory.

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/thermophile.html

Thermus Aquaticus is a gram positive bacteria Thermus Aquaticus is a chemotroph, meaning it performs chemosynthesis to obtain food and nutrition.

Chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon molecules using inorganic molecules to obtain food.