Deinococcus radiodurans
Radioresistant extremophile species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium, an extremophile and one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid, and therefore is known as a polyextremophile. The Guinness Book Of World Records listed it in January 1998[1] as the world's most radiation-resistant bacterium or lifeform.[2]
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Deinococcus radiodurans | |
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A tetrad of D. radiodurans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Deinococcota |
Class: | Deinococci |
Order: | Deinococcales |
Family: | Deinococcaceae |
Genus: | Deinococcus |
Species: | D. radiodurans |
Binomial name | |
Deinococcus radiodurans Brooks & Murray, 1981 | |
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