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page 1Radiodurants
tardigrade
Tardigrades (), also known as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them ' . In 1776, the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them Tardigrada', which means 'slow walkers'.
Deinococcus radiodurans
radioresistant extremophile species of bacterium
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Q430301
Bdelloidea (from Greek βδέλλα, bdella 'leech') is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world. There are over 450 described species of bdelloid rotifers (or 'bdelloids'), distinguished from each other mainly on the basis of morphology. The main characteristics that distinguish bdelloids from related groups of rotifers are exclusively parthenogenetic reproduction and the ability to survive in dry, harsh environments by entering a state of desiccation-induced dormancy (anhydrobiosis) at any life stage. They are often referred to as "ancient asexuals" due to their unique a
radioresistance
Radioresistance is the level of ionizing radiation that organisms are able to withstand.
Thermococcus gammatolerans
species of Thermococci
Kineococcus radiotolerans
species of bacterium