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SYNERGISTIC KILLING EFFECT IN PRE‐UV‐IRRADIATED MICROCOCCUS RADIOPHILUS
Author(s) -
Lewis Norman F.,
Shah Anjani R.,
Kumta Umesh S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1975.tb08827.x
Subject(s) - micrococcus , irradiation , radiation , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , physics , optics , genetics , nuclear physics
— Both the UV‐ and y‐radiation survival curves of Micrococcus radiophilus are distinguished by large shoulders. However, a combination radiation treatment results in an enhanced killing effect. Pre‐UV treatment is found to give a synergistic kill as compared to an additive kill when the sequence of radiation treatments is reversed.