Just how tough is Deinococcus?A chest X-ray produces about 1 mGy of radiation, 5 Gy kills a human, and 200-800 Gy kills E. coli. Deinococcus can survive 5,000 Gy.When exposed to 15,000 Gy, it’s ...

Researchers have completed the whole-genome sequence of Deinococcus geothermalis, which is only the second extremely radiation- and desiccation-resistant bacterium to be sequenced. The first was ...

A team of researchers has studied Deinococcus radiodurans and revealed for the first time the process of nucleoid remodeling in this bacterium, using advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques ...

For a human, experiencing a mere five grays (Gy) of ionizing radiation for just a few minutes can be lethal. But the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is made of tougher stuff. In liquid culture ...

Deinococcus radiodurans R1 genome page, at the Insitute for Genomic Research. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory article on D. radiodurans' taste for waste. More about D. radiodurans from the ...

They also included sequences from two other bacteria, Deinococcus radiodurans R1 and Salmonella typhimurium LT2, both distantly related (based upon 16s rDNA genes) to Shewanellae.

Genome Reassembly: The process of reconstructing a complete genetic sequence from fragmented DNA following extensive damage. ... Deinococcus Radiodurans and DNA Repair Mechanisms Publication Trend.

Genome editing stands as one of the most transformative scientific breakthroughs of our time. ... We have developed a hypercompact genome editor using the TnpB nuclease from Deinococcus radiodurans.

Turns out this microorganism, known to science as Deinococcus radiodurans, is capable of surviving extreme levels of radiation — thousands of times the amount that would kill a human.

Scientists have worked out how a radiation-resistant bacterium that can exist in extreme conditions repairs damage to itself, a discovery which could provide clues about diseases such as cancer.

Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium that thrives in extreme environmental conditions. Although this bacterium has immense potential in unique human applications, like treating radioactive waste ...