Abstract Several factors modifying radiation sensitivity in dry bacterial spores are described and discussed. Vacuum inducing the loss of critical structural water, very low dose rates of radiation from which the cell may recover, radiations of high linear energy transfer, and the action of temperature over long periods of time on previously irradiated cells are recognized from extensive laboratory work as important in determining survival of spores exposed to low radiation doses at low temperatures for long periods of time. Some extensions of laboratory work are proposed.
Physical determinants of radiation sensitivity in bacterial spores
Advances in Space Research ; 3 , 8 ; 73-78
1983-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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