MacInnis, Stewart2013-05-062013-05-062003-11-10http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20659Primitive microorganisms provide important clues as to how all creatures employ a basic regulatory mechanism to conduct the business of life. Peter Kennelly, professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech, is studying a primitive organism discovered in acidic hot springs at Yellowstone National Park to find clues about that mechanism in higher organisms.text/htmlIn CopyrightStudy of primitive life form expected to provide clues to biological processes in higher organismsPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations