Taq polymerase is isolated from which bacteria?

E. coli

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Bacillus thuringiensis

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Thermus aquaticus

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Agrobacterium

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Solution

The correct option is D Thermus aquaticus
A heat-stable DNA polymerase called Taq, an enzyme isolated from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, which inhabits hot springs.
So the correct answer is option C.

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