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The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Radiation Resistance and Recovery of Irradiated Anaerobic Spores
Author(s) -
Roberts T. A.,
Ditchett P. J.,
Ingram M.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1965.tb02162.x
Subject(s) - spore , clostridium sporogenes , radiation resistance , sodium , chemistry , irradiation , chloride , radiochemistry , radiation , anaerobic exercise , nuclear chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , clostridium , bacteria , biology , organic chemistry , physiology , physics , nuclear physics , genetics , quantum mechanics
Sodium chloride (3% and 6% w/v) were without effect on the radiation resistance of spores of Clostridium sporogenes and Cl. oedematiens type C. Increasing doses of gamma radiation rendered spores increasingly sensitive to post radiation inhibition by sodium chloride in the plating medium.