Diverse responses to UV-B radiation and repair mechanisms of bacteria isolated from high-altitude aquatic environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7857-7863

  Fernandez Zenoff V ^a   Sineriz F ^a   Farias M E ^a  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERS; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRADIATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEA LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; KINETIC RATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA STRAIN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA;

CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; IRRADIATION; LAGOON; RADIATION DAMAGE; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVATION; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ALTITUDE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BENTHOS; CYTOPHAGA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT;

ACINETOBACTER; ALTITUDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOPHAGA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; CYTOPHAGA SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 33845515084     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01333-06     Document Type: Article

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