Multiple Choice
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.
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