Are there any interesting facts about Deinococcus radiodurans?

* IMPRESSIVE RESISTANCE TO UV AND IONIZING RADIATION

* CAN SURVIVE LARGE DOSES OF RADIATION

     - even a dose 1,000 times more than what is lethal to a person

* PEOPLE DIE AT 50-100 RADS OF RADIATION= D. radiodurans CAN SURVIVE 1.5-3 MILLION RADS

* A TOTAL OF 1,900 PROTEINS IN ONE SINGLE BACTERIA

* GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS NAMED IT THE

'WORLD'S TOUGHEST BACTERIUM'