How can (or did) Deinococcus radiodurans continue to evolve after developing resistance to mutation?
According to the "Functional adaptation" section of this webpage, Deinococcus radiodurans uses repair proteins to stitch up DNA after radiation damage. Meaning, after a burst of radiation, the DNA will be in pieces and the repair proteins put it back together. It seems like this mechanism would not come into play during other forms of DNA mutation that happen during replication, such as point mutations or inversions.