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The water in the Yellowstone National Park hot springs shown here is around 160°F (70°C). Biologists assumed that no species of organismscould live in water above about 130°F(55*C), so thev were surprised to find several species of bacteria there, now called thermophiles
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("heat-lovers"). You've learned in this chapter how an enzyme from one species, Thermus aquaticus, made feasible one of the most important DNA-based techniques used in labs today. ldentify the enzyme, and indicate the value of its being isolated from a thermophile. Suggest other reasons why enzymes from this bacterium (or other therrnophiles) might also be valuable.
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