Deinococcus radiodurans is a robust bacterium best known for its capacity to repair massive
DNA damage efficiently and accurately. It is extremely resistant to many DNA-damaging …

Relatively little is known about the biochemical basis of the capacity of Deinococcus
radiodurans to endure the genetic insult that results from exposure to ionizing radiation and …

The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and
hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative …

The first bacterial genome was sequenced in 1995, and the first archaeal genome in 1996.
Soon after these breakthroughs, an exponential rate of genome sequencing was …

Deinococcus radiodurans is extremely resistant to ionizing radiation. How this bacterium can
grow under chronic γ radiation [50 grays (Gy) per hour] or recover from acute doses greater …

Deinococcus bacteria are famous for their extreme resistance to ionising radiation and other
DNA damage-and oxidative stress-generating agents. More than a hundred genes have …

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 …

Background The prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin systems (TAS, also referred to as TA loci) are
widespread, mobile two-gene modules that can be viewed as selfish genetic elements …

Owing to their vast diversity and as-yet uncultivated status, detection, characterization and
quantification of microorganisms in natural settings are very challenging, and linking …

In the hierarchy of cellular targets damaged by ionizing radiation (IR), classical models of
radiation toxicity place DNA at the top. Yet, many prokaryotes are killed by doses of IR that …