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 ...

Thanks for a powerful antioxidant, Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human. In a new study, scientists discovered how the ...

When dried and frozen, Deinococcus radiodurans could survive 140,000 grays, or units of X-and gamma-ray radiation, which is 28,000 times greater than the amount of radiation that could kill a person.

Deinococcus radiodurans was discovered by Arthur W. Anderson in 1956. Anderson was working in Corvallis, Oregon at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment station. The researchers were attempting to ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — Thanks for a powerful antioxidant, Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human.

Deinococcus radiodurans is renowned for its extraordinary resistance to ionising radiation and other environmental stresses. This bacterium employs a combination of passive and active mechanisms ...

Deinococcus radiodurans can survive anything — including, seemingly, harsh radiation like that on Mars by Jeff Nagle Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 Originally Published: Oct. 26, 2022 ...

Nicknamed Conan the Bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans can survive doses of ionising radiation thousands of times stronger than would kill a human. So how does it do it? Radiation shatters DNA ...

Here’s how it works. Space traveler Deinococcus radiodurans recovered after a year of exposure to low Earth orbit (LEO) outside the International Space Station during the Tanpopo space Mission.

The Deinococcus Radiodurans are known for its extreme resistance to ionizing radiation and they can take up to 5,000 Gy, which is 1,000 times more than the radiation passed that could kill humans.

Article Published: January 2000 Engineering Deinococcus radiodurans for metal remediation in radioactive mixed waste environments Hassan Brim, Sara C. McFarlan, James K. Fredrickson, Kenneth W ...