DNA damage kills bacterial spores and cells exposed to 222-Nanometer UV radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2020, Pages

  Taylor, Willie ^a   Camilleri, Emily ^a   Craft, D Levi ^a   Korza, George ^a   Granados, Maria Rocha ^a   Peterson, Jaliyah ^a   Szczpaniak, Renata ^a   Weller, Sandra K ^a   Moeller, Ralf ^b   Douki, Thierry ^c   Mok, Wendy W K ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Decontamination; Spores; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DNA; PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; DNA REPAIR PROTEINS; REPAIR PROTEINS; SALT-SENSITIVE; SURFACE DECONTAMINATION;

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

CELL COMPONENT; DNA; MUTATION; PROTEIN; SPORE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HERPESVIRIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADVERSE EVENT; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE; DNA DAMAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA DAMAGE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85082979405     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03039-19     Document Type: Article

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