It may be possible to make other bacteria as radiation resistant as "D. radiodurans" by changing their genetics. One research team in China is trying to insert an expressive recombinant Mn-SOD protein from "D. radiodurans" into "E.coli" BL21. The real challenge here is making the protein self-sustaining in the new species. The team has "provided the foundations for further studies and applications of the recombinant Mn-SOD".