Radioresistance studies in Methylobacterium spp.

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 15-19

  Nogueira, Fátima ^a   Botelho, M Luisa ^a   Tenreiro, Rogério ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

D(value); Gamma radiation; Methylobacterium; Radioresistance; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0032100608     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00024-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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