linkedin post 2020-06-21 02:46:27

OTHER RADIATION EXTREMOPHILES. “Deinococcus radiodurans has a specialized recombination system for DNA repair from ionizing radiation. Interestingly, many fungal species also have very high radiation resistance. Many fungi have 10% survival chance or LD10 values exceeding 5 kGy. Other species, such as Ustilago maydis are also known to have extreme radiation resistance but have a different mechanism to cope with compared with radiation D. radiodurans. For comparison, mammals have very low radiation resistance and a dose between 5 and 10 Gy is lethal.”

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2016.0459

View in LinkedIn

Share the knowledge
Share the knowledge

SEARCH:

Search

CATEGORIES:

IT MIGHT BE OF YOUR INTEREST: