Effects of 60Co Gamma-Rays, Ultraviolet Light, and Mitomycin C on Halobacterium salinarium and Thiobacillus intermedius

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-43

  Shahmohammadi, Hamid Reza ^a   Asgarani, Ezat ^a   Terato, Hiroaki ^a   Ide, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Osamu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halobacterium; Mitomycin C; Thiobacillus; UV light; rays

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; GAMMA RAYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

E. COLI; GAMMA-RAYS; HALOBACTERIUM; LETHAL EFFECTS; MITOMYCIN C; THIOBACILLUS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UV-LIGHT; Γ-RAY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; THIOBACILLUS; THIOMONAS INTERMEDIA;

COBALT; MITOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; HALOBACTERIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THIOBACILLUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RAYS; HALOBACTERIUM; MITOMYCIN; RADIATION TOLERANCE; THIOBACILLUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031086433     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.38.37     Document Type: Article

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