Published January 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Picosecond laser UV inactivation of lambda bacteriophage and various Escherichia coli strains

  • 1. AN SSSR, Troitsk. Inst. Spektroskopii
  • 2. AN SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Molekulyarnoj Biologii

Description

In this work the authors studied inactivation of bacteriophage lambda11 and three strains of Escherichia coli K12 under high-intensity picosecond laser UV irradiation. With the rise of UV irradiation intensity from 1010 W/m2 to 1013 W/m2 the photoresistance of these objects sharply increased: for lambda11 phage by 33-67 times depending on host-cell strain chosen, for different strains of E. coli by 13-476 times. Under picosecond UV irradiation of lambda11 the single-quantum and two-quantum photolesions made comparable contributions to the total lethal photoproduct. In the case of E. coli it was mainly two-quantum photolesions that brought about picosecond UV inactivation. (Auth.)

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Journal Title
Photobiochem. Photobiophys.
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
3
Series
Photobiochem. Photobiophys.
Journal Page Range
189-198
ISSN
0165-8646
CODEN
PHOPD

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Notes
20 refs.; 4 figs.; 2 tabs.