Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Further investigation revealed a microbe of extraordinary resilience that can flourish in a radioactive inferno that would make ...

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

A type of bacteria called Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” for its ability to survive the harshest of extremes, can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than those ...

Deinococcus radiodurans is renowned for its extraordinary resistance to ionising radiation and other environmental stresses. This bacterium employs a combination of passive and active mechanisms to ...

The world is full of unfathomably resilient creatures, and many of them happen to be microscopic. It might seem unintuitive that many of the tiniest organisms in existence are some of the toughest to ...

In the 1950s, scientists exposed a tin of meat to a dose of radiation that they expected would kill all forms of life. But, to their surprise, they discovered a surviving microorganism: the bacteria ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A year in space is no walk in the park. Just ask Scott Kelly, the American astronaut who spent a ...

Radiation Research, Vol. 120, No. 3 (Dec., 1989), pp. 537-544 (8 pages) DNA from the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans was isolated and used to generate a cosmid library. This ...