The effect of γ-radiation and desiccation on the viability of the soil bacteria isolated from the alienated zone around the chernobyl nuclear power plant

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 705-712

  Romanovskaya, V A ^a   Rokitko, P V ^a   Mikheev, A N ^b   Gushcha, N I ^b   Malashenko, Yu R ^a   Chernaya, N A ^a  

^a ZABOLOTNY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

radiation; Bacillus; Bacterial resistance; ChNPP; Desiccation; Methylobacterium

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILICUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DESICCATION; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAMMA RADIATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; UKRAINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DESICCATION; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; POWER PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UKRAINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 2242437917     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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