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

Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 608-613

  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); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILICUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 27644553249     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020575223365     Document Type: Article

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