Deinococcus–Thermus

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Deinococcus–Thermus is a phylum of extremophile bacteria that are highly resistant to environmental hazards.[1]

Deinococcus–Thermus
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Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Deinococci
Orders & Families
Synonyms
  • Deinococcaeota Oren et al. 2015

These bacteria have thick cell walls that give them gram-positive stains, and they have a second membrane. They are closer in structure to that of gram-negative bacteria.[2][3][4]Cavalier-Smith calls this clade Hadobacteria[5] (from Hades, the Greek underworld).

References

  1. Griffiths E, Gupta RS (2007). "Identification of signature proteins that are distinctive of the Deinococcus–Thermus phylum" (PDF). Int. Microbiol. 10 (3): 201–8. PMID 18076002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14.
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  5. Cavalier-Smith T (2006). "Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses". Biol. Direct. 1: 19. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-19. PMC 1586193. PMID 16834776.