Taxa

Deinococci

Class

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Deinococci." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-deinococci.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Deinococci. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-deinococci

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-deinococci,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Deinococci},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-deinococci},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Deinococci is a class of bacteria and the only class within the phylum Deinococcota. Its members are extremophiles, highly resistant to environmental hazards such as radiation, desiccation and extreme temperature that would kill most other organisms.

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