Microbial biofilms are communities of aggregated microbial cells embedded in a self-
produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Biofilms are recalcitrant to …

Deinococcus radiodurans is a robust bacterium best known for its capacity to repair massive
DNA damage efficiently and accurately. It is extremely resistant to many DNA-damaging …

The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and
hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative …

The first bacterial genome was sequenced in 1995, and the first archaeal genome in 1996.
Soon after these breakthroughs, an exponential rate of genome sequencing was …

Deinococcus bacteria are famous for their extreme resistance to ionising radiation and other
DNA damage-and oxidative stress-generating agents. More than a hundred genes have …

In classical models of radiation toxicity, DNA is the molecule that is most affected by ionizing
radiation (IR). However, recent data show that the amount of protein damage caused during …

Recent advances in the area of bacterial DNA damage responses are reviewed here. The
SOS pathway is still the major paradigm of bacterial DNA damage response, and recent …

A founding concept of radiobiology that deals with X-rays, γ-rays and ultraviolet light is that
radiation indiscriminately damages cellular macromolecules. Mounting experimental …

Rotifers of class Bdelloidea are common invertebrate animals with highly unusual
characteristics, including apparently obligate asexuality, the ability to resume reproduction …

Deinococcus radiodurans, one of the most radioresistant organisms known to date, is able to
repair efficiently hundreds of DNA double-and single-strand breaks as well as other types of …