[Biological action of plutonium-239 on Salmonella typhimurium].

Article

[Biological action of plutonium-239 on Salmonella typhimurium].

Radiobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Gafieva Z A, Chudin V A

Abstract excerpt

Salmonella typhimurium cells were exposed in a 239Pu citrate solution. Cell death and induction of gene mutations were an exponential function of gamma radiation dose. LD37 was 34.8 Gy; mutation doubling dose, 19 Gy.

Topics

Alpha Particles
Citrates
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Genes, Bacterial
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Organometallic Compounds
Salmonella typhimurium

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