Response of Bacillus subtilis spores to dehydration and UV irradiation at extremely low temperatures

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Dose, Klaus ^a   Klein, Anke ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOGENESIS; COLD; DNA DAMAGE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOGENESIS; COLD; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM;

EID: 0030087822     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808159     Document Type: Article

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