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Revision as of 02:19, 1 May 2007

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Deinococcus radiodurans

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Deinococcales; Deinococcaceae; Deinococcus

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome

D. radiodurans, D. radiodurans R1

Description and significance

Genome structure

Cell structure and metabolism

Ecology

Application to Biotechnology

Current Research

References

White, O. et al. Genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1. Science 286, 1571-1577 (November 19, 1999).

Cox, M., Battista, John. Deinococcus radiodurans — The Consumate Survivor. Nature Reviews Microbiology 3, 882-892 (November 2005).

Edited by Edwin Cook, student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano