Contribution of endogenous and exogenous damage to the total radiation-induced damage in the bacterial spore [electronic resource].
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Washington, D.C : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration, 1980. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Radical scavengers such as polyethylene glycol 4000 and bovine albumin have been used to define the contribution of exogenous and endogenous damage to the total radiation-induced damage in aqueous buffered suspensions of Bacillus pumilus spores. The results indicate that this damage in the bacterial spore is predominantly endogenous.