Given an example of the source of thermostable enzyme DNA polymerase.
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Taq polymerase is an enzyme obtained from Thermus aquaticus which is a bacterium that normally lives in hot water springs. It is used in amplifying small quantity of short segments of DNA by polymerase chain reaction.
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