Deinococcus murrayi explained

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

Further reading

• Wanarska. Marta. Krawczyk. Beata. Hildebrandt. Piotr. Kur. Józef. RecA Proteins from Deinococcus geothermalis and Deinococcus murrayi - Cloning, Purification and Biochemical Characterisation. BMC Molecular Biology. 12. 1. 2011. 17. 1471-2199. 10.1186/1471-2199-12-17. 21513512. 3103430. free.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Ferreira. A. C.. Nobre. M. F.. Rainey. F. A.. Silva. M. T.. Wait. R.. Burghardt. J.. Chung. A. P.. Da Costa. M. S.. 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. 1997. 939–947. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-4-939. 9336890. free.