Effects of Heavy Ion Particle Irradiation on Spore Germination of <i>Bacillus</i> spp. from Extremely Hot and Cold Environments

Effects of Heavy Ion Particle Irradiation on Spore Germination of <i>Bacillus</i> spp. from Extremely Hot and Cold Environments

Extremophiles are optimal models in experimentally addressing questions about the effects of cosmic radiation on biological systems. The resistance to high charge energy (HZE) particles, and helium (He) ions and iron (Fe) ions (LET at 2.2 and 200 keV/µm, respectively, until 1000 Gy), of spores from...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Zammuto, Maria G. Rizzo, Laura M. De Plano, Domenico Franco, Salvatore Guglielmino, Maria T. Caccamo, Salvatore Magazù, Akira Fujimori, Angelina Lo Giudice, Mauro Guglielmin, Kevin Roderick McAlpin, Ralf Moeller, Concetta Gugliandolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
<i>Bacillus</i>
extremophiles
heavy ion particle (HZE) radiations
nutrient germinants
spore germination
spore resistance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/11/264

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