Deinococcus apachensis

Deinococcus apachensis is a species of bacteria in the phylum Deinococcota. Strains of this species were isolated from soil samples from Arizona after exposure to more than 15 kGy of radiation.^[1]

Deinococcus apachensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Deinococcota
Class:	Deinococci
Order:	Deinococcales
Family:	Deinococcaceae
Genus:	Deinococcus
Species:	D. apachensis
Binomial name
Deinococcus apachensis Rainey and da Costa 2005

References

1. Rainey, F. A.; Ray, K.; Ferreira, M.; Gatz, B. Z.; Nobre, M. F.; Bagaley, D.; Rash, B. A.; Park, M.-J.; Earl, A. M.; Shank, N. C.; Small, A. M.; Henk, M. C.; Battista, J. R.; Kampfer, P.; da Costa, M. S. (8 September 2005). "Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (9): 5225–5235. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5225-5235.2005. PMC 1214641. PMID 16151108.

External links

• Type strain of Deinococcus apachensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase