In summary, it seems that the antioxidant defence system of D. radiodurans consists of several lines of antioxidants, including enzymes and non-enzymatic small molecules, which is directly ...

Researchers have decoded the chemical mechanism behind the extraordinary radiation resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans, a bacterium known as "Conan the Bacterium," according to Interesting ...

Deinococcus radiodurans, affectionately nicknamed by scientists as Conan the Bacterium, survives where almost no other life form can. It endures the kind of radiation that would shred human cells ...