Ultraviolet radiation resistance in Halobacterium salinarium
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:6985204
An obvious characteristic of wild type H. salinarium is its red pigmentation. A non-pigmented mutant was isolated to test the role of pigmentation in UV radiation resistance. Survival curves of UV-irradiated wild type and mutant cells show that pigmentation does not play a direct role in protecting DNA from UV damage. Pigmentation does play a role, however, in repairing UV damage. UV-irradiated wild type cells show more efficient recovery by photoreactivation with 405 nm light than do UV-irradiated non-pigmented mutants. High internal cation concentrations found in H. salinarium may also be partly responsible for the relative resistance of H. salinarium to UV radiation by causing the DNA to assume a conformation less conducive to the production of pyrimidine dimers. In vitro irradiation of DNA extracted from H. salinarium, dissolved in solutions of different ionic strengths, indicate that pyrimidine dimers may not form as readily in DNA which is in an environment with high salt concentration.
- Research Organization:
- Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6985204
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560130* -- Radiation Effects on Microorganisms
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AZINES
BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOLOGICAL REPAIR
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA
DIMERS
DNA REPAIR
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
IN VITRO
INFORMATION
IONS
MICROORGANISMS
MUTANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOREACTIVATION
PIGMENTS
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATIONS
RECOVERY
REPAIR
SURVIVAL CURVES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AZINES
BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOLOGICAL REPAIR
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DATA
DIMERS
DNA REPAIR
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
IN VITRO
INFORMATION
IONS
MICROORGANISMS
MUTANTS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOREACTIVATION
PIGMENTS
PYRIMIDINES
RADIATIONS
RECOVERY
REPAIR
SURVIVAL CURVES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION