A taq enzyme is a bacterial enzyme that functions in the manufacture of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The ability of the enzyme to function at higher temperatures than other similarly functioning bacterial enzymes has made it valuable in the polymerase...

A DNA polymerase isolated from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus that lives in hot springs. The enzyme is capable of withstanding high temperatures and is, therefore, very useful in the polymerase chain reaction...

Taq polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase named after the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus from which it was originally isolated.[1] It is normally abbreviated to "Taq Pol," or simply "Taq", and frequently used in polymerase chain...