High sensitivity of Deinococcus radiodurans to photodynamically-produced singlet oxygen

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-253

  Schafer M ^a   Schmitz, C ^a   Horneck, G ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; COCCIDIA; DISINFECTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; ROSE BENGAL; SINGLET OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031877959     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141636     Document Type: Article

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