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Deinococcus murrayi

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Deinococcus murrayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Deinococcota
Class: Deinococci
Order: Deinococcales
Family: Deinococcaceae
Genus: Deinococcus
Species:
D. murrayi
Binomial name
Deinococcus murrayi
Ferreira et al. 1997

Deinococcus murrayi is a bacterium. It produces orange-pigmented colonies and has an optimum growth temperature of about 45 °C (113 °F) to 50 °C (122 °F). It is extremely gamma radiation-resistant. Its type strain is ALT-1b (= DSM 11303).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ferreira, A. C.; Nobre, M. F.; Rainey, F. A.; Silva, M. T.; Wait, R.; Burghardt, J.; Chung, A. P.; Da Costa, M. S. (1997). "Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., Two Extremely Radiation-Resistant and Slightly Thermophilic Species from Hot Springs". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 939–947. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-939. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9336890.

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