Thermus aquaticus
| Thermus aquaticus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Thermotogati |
| Phylum: | Deinococcota |
| Class: | Deinococci |
| Order: | Thermales |
| Family: | Thermaceae |
| Genus: | Thermus |
| Species: | T. aquaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermus aquaticus Brock & Freeze, 1969 | |
| Type strain | |
| YT-1 | |
Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacteria that can tolerate high temperatures, one of several thermophilic bacteria that belong to the Deinococcota phylum. It is the source of the heat-resistant enzyme Taq DNA polymerase, one of the most important enzymes in molecular biology because of its use in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA amplification technique.