The bacterium Thermus aquaticus proved to be

important in biology because
a. it put researchers on a path that led to the great
domain of life, the Archaea.
b. it makes a heat resistant enzyme.
c. its heat-resistant enzyme can catalyze the
polymerase chain reaction.
d. synthetic forms of its heat-resistant enzyme
triggered a revolution in biotechnology.
e. all of these are true.


Answer: e

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