Radio-resistance in psychrotrophic Kocuria sp. ASB 107 isolated from Ab-e-Siah radioactive spring

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-176

  Asgarani, Ezat ^a   Soudi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Borzooee, Faezeh ^a   Dabbagh, Reza ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Nuclear Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Ionizing radiation; Kocuria; Psychrothrophic; Resistant bacteria; UV light

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CORONA DISCHARGES; GENOTOXIC STRESS; KOCURIA; KOCURIA SP; LETHAL DOSE; POLARIS; PSYCHROTHROPHIC; RESISTANT BACTERIA; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; TRYPTIC SOY BROTHS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RAYS; GENES; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RNA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRIC CORONA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; IONIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SPRING WATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH; IONIZING RADIATION; IRAN; KOCURIA ASB 107; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NATURAL SPRING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MICROCOCCACEAE; RADIATION, IONIZING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN; SAKHT SAR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KOCURIA; KOCURIA POLARIS; KOCURIA ROSEA;

EID: 84865553974     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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