radiodurans

Latin

Etymology

radio- +‎ dūrāns (“enduring”)

Adjective

radiodūrāns (genitive radiodūrantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) A specific epithet for a radioresistant extremophile bacteria

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	radiodūrāns			radiodūrantēs	radiodūrantia
genitive	radiodūrantis			radiodūrantium
dative	radiodūrantī			radiodūrantibus
accusative	radiodūrantem	radiodūrāns		radiodūrantēs	radiodūrantia
ablative	radiodūrantī			radiodūrantibus
vocative	radiodūrāns			radiodūrantēs	radiodūrantia

Derived terms

• Deinococcus radiodurans