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UV-C inactivation in Escherichia coli is affected by growth conditions preceding irradiation, in particular by the specific growth rate.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Bucheli-Witschel M, Bassin C, Egli T
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AIMS: The objective was to analyse the impact of growth conditions, in particular of the specific growth rate, on the resistance of Escherichia coli towards UV-C irradiation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Escherichia coli K12 wild-type bacteria (and in some experiments also a mutant not expressing RpoS, the global regulator of the general stress response; rpoS(-) mutant) were cultivated either in batch culture until...
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