Photoreactivation of ultraviolet-irradiated, plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free strains of bacillus anthracis
Technical Report
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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
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AZINES
BACILLUS
BACTERIA
BACTERIAL DISEASES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOLOGICAL REPAIR
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHROMOSOMES
DAMAGE
DIMERS
DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INACTIVATION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KINETICS
MICROORGANISMS
MUTAGENS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOREACTIVATION
PLASMIDS
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RECOVERY
REPAIR
SENSITIVITY
SPORES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
AZINES
BACILLUS
BACTERIA
BACTERIAL DISEASES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOLOGICAL REPAIR
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHROMOSOMES
DAMAGE
DIMERS
DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INACTIVATION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
KINETICS
MICROORGANISMS
MUTAGENS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOREACTIVATION
PLASMIDS
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RECOVERY
REPAIR
SENSITIVITY
SPORES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION