Autor: Andrea Villarino, Beatriz M. Brena, Odile Bouvet, Ana Luisa Toribio, Patrick A. D. Grimont
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Biotechnology Letters. 25:1329-1334
ISSN: 0141-5492
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024903407025
Popis: Culturable cells and non-culturable cells of fecal coliforms, obtained by irradiation at 312 nm were submitted to the combined stress conditions of salinity and starvation. After 14 days, β-galactosidase activity of UV-irradiated cells was at least twice the value of non-irradiated cells. UV-irradiated cells thus contribute more than non-irradiated cells to the enzyme assay after incubation in saline water. This finding is essential for the interpretation of quantitative investigations into the environment using enzymatic methods.
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