Deinococcus-Thermus

Deinococcus(Gram-positive)

Deinococcus geothermalis

 Deinococcus radiodurans

Deinococcus radiodurans

Deinococcus is known for being the most radiation-resistant vegetative cell (R. Murray). In fact, Deinococcus radiodurans can live through blasts of radiation thousands of times greater than the level that would kill a human being, and its Latin name means "strange berry that withstands radiation." To learn how D. radiodurans manage to live through such intense blasts of radiation.

Deinococcus typically forms a tetrad shape, allowing a second division to begin before the first is complete during cell division .