Ionizing-Radiation Resistance in the Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium <i>Chroococcidiopsis</i>

Billi, Daniela; Imre Friedmann, E.; G. Hofer, Kurt; Grilli Caiola, M.; Ocampo‐Friedmann, R.

doi:10.1128/aem.66.4.1489-1492.2000

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Ionizing-Radiation Resistance in the Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Apr 1, 2000

Authors:

Daniela Billi

E. Imre Friedmann

Kurt G. Hofer

Abstract

The effect of X-ray irradiation on cell survival, induction, and repair of DNA damage was studied by using 10 Chroococcidiopsis strains isolated from desert and hypersaline environments. After exposure to 2.5 kGy, the percentages of survival for the strains ranged from 80 to 35%. In the four most re...

Subject

Desiccation

DNA damage

Ionizing radiation

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