Increased inactivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by protraction of UV irradiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1977-1983

  Sommer, Regina ^a   Haider, Thomas ^a   Cabaj, Alexander ^b   Heidenreich, Erich ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; RADIATION DOSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 0029888556     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1977-1983.1996     Document Type: Article

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