Living Beings

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    Deinococcus

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    Source-identified Deinococcus radiodurans; Source-identified documentary image; see the original file for method and context. Framed for display
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    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainBacteria
    3. KingdomThermotogati
    4. PhylumDeinococcota
    5. ClassDeinococci
    6. OrderDeinococcales
    7. FamilyDeinococcaceae
    8. GenusDeinococcus
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Bacteria domain
    3. Thermotogati kingdom
    4. Deinococcota phylum
    5. Deinococci class
    6. Deinococcales order
    7. Deinococcaceae family
    8. Deinococcus genus

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Principal members

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    Deinococcus radiodurans · species

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    Published profiles

    Source-identified Deinococcus radiodurans; Source-identified documentary image; see the original file for method and context. Framed for display
    Species · Deinococcus

    Deinococcus radiodurans

    Deinococcus radiodurans

    Deinococcus radiodurans is notable for surviving severe damage that would kill many other cells. Studies of strain R1 link this resilience to …

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