What is Radioresistance?
'''Radioresistance''' is a property of some living things. It means they can resist the effects of [[gamma radiation]], [[ultra-violet radiation]], and similar types of [[radiation]]. A good example is the [[bacterium]] ''[[Deinococcus radiodurans]]''. It has [[enzymes]] which repair the [[DNA]] strands which have been split by the radiation.<ref name=Sarah>DeWeerdt, Sarah The world’s toughest bacterium. ''Genome News Network'' [http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_02/deinococcus.shtml]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Ecology]] [[Category:Extremophiles]]