Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 21Q
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a lab technology that requires high temperatures to make copies of DNA. The copies are made using an enzyme called a polymerase. PCR would not have been possible before thermophilic archaea were discovered. Explain why.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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