Deinococcota
Sign in to saveDeinococcota (synonym, "Deinococcus-Thermus") is a phylum of bacteria with a single class, Deinococci (from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), meaning "terrible", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "berry"), that are highly resistant to environmental hazards, also known as extremophiles.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thermotogati
- Image
- Deinococcus radiodurans.jpg
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- taxon name
- Deinococcota
- taxon rank
- phylum
- taxonomic type
- Deinococcus
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/phylum/deinococcota
- topic's main category
- Category:Deinococcota
- Commons category
- Deinococcota
- taxon synonym
- Deinococcus-Thermus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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- Taxonomy
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- Taxonomy
- Sequenced genomes
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Deinococcota (synonym, "Deinococcus-Thermus") is a phylum of bacteria with a single class, Deinococci (from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós), meaning "terrible", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "berry"), that are highly resistant to environmental hazards, also known as extremophiles.
These bacteria have thick cell walls that give them gram-positive stains, but they include a second membrane and so are closer in structure to those of gram-negative bacteria.
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