The Contribution of Endogenous and Exogenous Effects to Radiation-induced Damage in the Bacterial Spore
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 47 (6) , 621-627
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008514550861
Abstract
Radical scavengers such as polyethylene glycol 400 and 4000 and bovine albumin have been used to define the contribution of exogenous and endogenous effects to the gamma-radiation-induced damage in aqueous buffered suspensions of Bacillus pumilus spores. The results indicate that this damage in the bacterial spore is predominantly endogenous both in the presence of 1 atmosphere of oxygen, and in anoxia.Keywords
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