The influence of riboxine on induction of prophages and survival of bacterial cultures under γ-radiation

In experiments with lysogenic cultures Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli K-12 proposed as a test for biological indication of relatively low doses of γ-radiation, it was shown that when estimated by the criterion of prophage induction riboxine had a radioprotective action at nonlethal radiation doses. At the same time, when estimated by the criterion of the survival rate, riboxine produced the radioprotective effect at rather high radiation doses (survival rate of less than 10 per cent). It is suggested that riboxine is involved in the cell repair processes