DNA taq polymerase enzyme is isolated from which bacteria?

Agrobacterium

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Thermus aquaticus

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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E.coli

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Solution

The correct option is B Thermus aquaticus
DNA polymerase enzyme was isolated from a thermophilc bacteria called Thermus aquaticus. This is an enzyme used frequently to make multiple copies of segment of DNA by a technique called polymerase chain reaction.

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