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Photoreactivation of ultraviolet-irradiated, plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free strains of bacillus anthracis

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6057750
The effects of toxin- and capsule-encoding plasmids on the kinetics of UV inactivation of various strains of Bacillus anthracis were investigated. Plasmids pX01 and pX02 had no effect on bacterial UV sensitivity or photoreactivation. Vegetative cells were capable of photoreactivation, but photo-induced repair of UV damage absent in B. anthracis Sterne spores.
Research Organization:
Army Medical Research Inst. of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
6057750
Report Number(s):
AD-A-163073/0/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English