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| Taq pol·y·mer·ase [ ták pòllimə rayz, ták pə lìmmə rayz ] |
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heat-stable enzyme: a DNA polymerase enzyme that can withstand high temperatures and is isolated from a bacterium that lives in hot springs
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| [Taq contraction of modern Latin Thermus aquaticus, taxonomic the bacterium, literally "living in the water of hot springs"] |
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