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Taq polymerase

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Food Biotechnology

A heat-stable DNA polymerase isolated from the bacterium Therrnus aquaticus, used in PCR. (See Polymerase.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A heat-stable DNA polymerase isolated from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, widely used in PCR.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture