Physiologic determinants of radiation resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2620-2626

  Venkateswaran, Amudhan ^a   McFarlan, Sara C ^b   Ghosal, Debabrota ^a   Minton, Kenneth W ^a   Vasilenko, Alexander ^a   Makarova, Kira ^a,c,d   Wackett, Lawrence P ^b   Daly, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMA RAYS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; LIGASES; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034091606     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2620-2626.2000     Document Type: Article

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