Better Know a Microbe: Deinococcus

Have you ever wondered what would survive a nuclear disaster? What comes to mind? Cockroaches? Cher? What about bacteria?!  The Guinness Book of World | Microbiology

IGI dynamic_science World's toughest bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans, world's toughest bacterium is a microbe that can survive drought conditions, lack of nutrients, and, most important, a thousand times more radiation than a human

The radioresistant and survival mechanisms of Deinococcus radiodurans - ScienceDirect

Low-Temperature Ionizing Radiation Resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans and Antarctic Dry Valley Bacteria

Microbial Insights on X: Meet the July Microbe of the Month: Deinococcus radiodurans This microbe man can withstand doses of radiation 1500 times greater than what would kill a human. DNA repair

Radiation resistant bacteria, SEM - Stock Image - B244/0062 - Science Photo Library

A new perspective on radiation resistance based on Deinococcus radiodurans

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