Deinococcus bacteria exhibit an extraordinary capacity to withstand oxidative stress, a feature that underpins their resistance to ionising radiation, desiccation and other environmental insults.

Have you ever wondered what would survive a nuclear disaster? What comes to mind? Cockroaches? Cher? What about bacteria?! The Guinness Book of World Records called Deinococcus radiodurans the ...

These results put DEINOVE at the forefront of the international competition for 2 nd generation biofuels derived from non-food biomass. With alcohol content over the threshold the company had set and ...

In classical models of radiation toxicity, DNA is the molecule that is most affected by ionizing radiation (IR). However, recent data show that the amount of protein damage caused during irradiation ...

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 for ...

The environment in outer space is extremely hazardous to most life. Once in space, objects are battered with cosmic radiation, solar UV radiation, extreme vacuum, and significant temperature ...

A newly published study notes that a type of bacteria was able to survive in space outside the International Space Station, opening up the possibility that life could have traveled from Mars. The ...