Respuesta :
i believe that the reason for using taq polymerase for pcr is that; it is heat stable and can withstand the temperature changes of the cycler. Taq polymerase is isolated from a heat loving bacterium that is naturally found in hot springs, so the enzyme doesn't break down at the high temperatures necessary for copying DNA using a polymerase chain reaction. At high temperatures, Taq polymerase attaches nucleotides to a DNA template, thereby copying the DNA.
It is heat stable and can withstand the heating step of PCR.