KEGG GENOME: Deinococcus radiodurans

GENOME: Deinococcus radiodurans

Entry

T00025            Complete  Genome

Org code

dra

Name

Deinococcus radiodurans R1

Category

Reference genome; Type strain

Annotation

yes

Taxonomy

TAX:243230

Lineage

Bacteria; Deinococcota; Deinococci; Deinococcales; Deinococcaceae; Deinococcus

Brite

KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]

Data source

RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_000008565.1 Complete Genome)
BioProject: 57665

Comment

Extremely resistant to a number of agents and conditions that damage DNA, including ionizing and ultraviolet (UV) radiation and hydrogen peroxide.
Originally identified as a contaminant of irradiated canned meat.

Chromosome

1; Circular

Sequence

RS:NC_001263 (GB:AE000513)

Length

2648638

Chromosome

2; Circular

Sequence

RS:NC_001264 (GB:AE001825)

Length

412348

Plasmid

MP1; Circular

Sequence

RS:NC_000958 (GB:AE001826)

Length

177466

Plasmid

CP1; Circular

Sequence

RS:NC_000959 (GB:AE001827)

Length

45704

Statistics

Number of nucleotides:       3284156
Number of protein genes:        3167
Number of RNA genes:              57

Created

1999

Reference

PMID:10567266

Authors

White O, Eisen JA, Heidelberg JF, Hickey EK, Peterson JD, Dodson RJ, Haft DH, Gwinn ML, Nelson WC, Richardson DL, et al.

Title

Genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1.

Journal

Science 286:1571-7 (1999)
DOI:10.1126/science.286.5444.1571

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