Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus<i>Deinococcus</i>Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

A. Rainey, Fred; Keren, Ray; Ferreira, Margarida; Z. Gatz, Bridget; Fernanda Nobre, M.; Bagaley, Danielle; A. Rash, Brian; Park, MieJung; M. Earl, Ashlee; C. Shank, Nicole; M. Small, Alanna; C. Henk, Margaret; R. Battista, John; Kämpfer, Peter; S. da Costa, Milton

doi:10.1128/aem.71.9.5225-5235.2005

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Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the GenusDeinococcusObtained from a Single Soil Sample

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Sep 1, 2005

Authors:

Fred A. Rainey

Ray Keren

Margarida Ferreira

Abstract

The ionizing-radiation-resistant fractions of two soil bacterial communities were investigated by exposing an arid soil from the Sonoran Desert and a nonarid soil from a Louisiana forest to various doses of ionizing radiation using a (60)Co source. The numbers of surviving bacteria decreased as the ...

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Biology

Ionizing radiation

Microorganism

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