Thermus aquaticus
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Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacteria that can tolerate high temperatures, one of several thermophilic bacteria that belong to the Deinococcota phylum. It is the source of the heat-resistant enzyme Taq DNA polymerase, one of the most important enzymes in molecular biology because of its use in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA amplification technique.
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Thermus aquaticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Deinococcota |
Class: | Deinococci |
Order: | Thermales |
Family: | Thermaceae |
Genus: | Thermus |
Species: | T. aquaticus |
Binomial name | |
Thermus aquaticus Brock & Freeze, 1969 | |
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