eli5 can nuclear radiation effect/mutate germs or viruses? if so, are there any examples?

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eli5 can nuclear radiation effect/mutate germs or viruses? if so, are there any examples?

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Slightly related, though not bacteria or viruses, ionizing radiation is a common way to induce mutations in plants.
Going back to around the 1920s one way to get new crops was to just hit some seeds with radiation and then see what happens.

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