The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·151850Phylum15 field observations
  1. Bacteria
Deinococcus-thermus
Plate 1 of 1. (c) Dave Angelini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dave Angelini · via iNaturalist

Deinococcus-thermus

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.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Deinococcus-thermus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 151850.