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Seberapa kecil Deinococcus radiodurans?

Deinococcus radiodurans memiliki diameter sekitar 2 µm.

Yang diukur: radiation-resistant bacterium, cell diameter

Deinococcus radiodurans (2 µm) ditampilkan sesuai skala di samping an E. coli bacterium (2 µm) dan a red blood cell (7,5 µm)
Digambar sesuai skala, dari kiri ke kanan: Deinococcus radiodurans (2 µm), E. coli bacterium (2 µm), dan Red blood cell (7,5 µm).

Bandingkan

Seberapa besar sebenarnya?

  • About the length of an E. coli bacterium
  • About 3 would fit across a red blood cell
  • As wide as about 20 flu viruses side by side
  • About 80× as wide as a ribosome

Pelajari

Fakta tentang Deinococcus radiodurans

This bacterium can survive radiation doses thousands of times higher than would kill a human, by rapidly repairing shattered DNA.

Sumber: ASM Journals: Deinococcus radiodurans review; NCBI: Deinococcus genome

Micro World

NamaUkuranDibandingkan dengan Deinococcus radiodurans
Pandoravirus1 µm0,5×
Nitrosomonas europaea Bacterium1,5 µm0,75×
Micrococcus luteus1,5 µm0,75×
Listeria monocytogenes2 µmukuran yang sama
Campylobacter jejuni2 µmukuran yang sama
Klebsiella pneumoniae2 µmukuran yang sama
Deinococcus radiodurans2 µmhalaman ini
Shigella flexneri2,5 µm1,3×
Penicillium Spore3 µm1,5×
Aspergillus niger Spore4 µm2×

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Mana yang lebih besar: Deinococcus radiodurans atau Shigella flexneri?

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