Question: what bacteria has the weirdest name?

andy chapman answered on 10 Mar 2016:

I recently came across: Deinococcus radiodurans. I am not sure it is the weirdest name but it is a cool bacteria that can survive massive doses of radiation. They say that the only thing that would survive a massive nuclear explosion would be cockroaches and twinkles (weird american sponge rolls filled with ‘cream’ that last forever – I presume that one is a joke but cockroaches are indeed very tough). The only thing actually likely to survive is Deinococcus radiodurans (From latin radio – radiation, durans – enduring/surviving). There are whole loads of so-called extremephile bacteria that can survive in very strange places

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans