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

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

Deinococcus radiodurans

Extremophiles on Mars could survive for millions of years

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

Deinococcus sp. coccoid prokaryote, SEM - Stock Image - C032/1992 - Science Photo Library

Deinococcus radiodurans Art Radiotrophic bacteria Print - Portugal

The scientific revolution that unraveled the astonishing DNA repair capacity of the Deinococcaceae: 40 years on

The radioresistant and survival mechanisms of Deinococcus radiodurans - ScienceDirect

Recent progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of radioresistance in Deinococcus bacteria

Frontiers Signal Recognition Particle RNA Contributes to Oxidative Stress Response in Deinococcus radiodurans by Modulating Catalase Localization