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Deinococcus apachensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Deinococcota
Class:	Deinococci
Order:	Deinococcales
Family:	Deinococcaceae
Genus:	Deinococcus
Species:	D. apachensis
Binomial name
Deinococcus apachensis Rainey and da Costa 2005

Deinococcus apachensis is a species of bacteria in the phylum Deinococcota. Strains of this species were isolated from soil samples from Arizona after exposure to more than 15 kGy of radiation.

References

1. Rainey, F. A.; Ray, K.; Ferreira, M.; Gatz, B. Z.; Nobre, M. F.; Bagaley, D.; Rash, B. A.; Park, M.-J.; Earl, A. M.; Shank, N. C.; Small, A. M.; Henk, M. C.; Battista, J. R.; Kampfer, P.; da Costa, M. S. (8 September 2005). "Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (9): 5225–5235. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5225-5235.2005. PMC 1214641. PMID 16151108.

External links

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

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