Comparative Resistance of Strains of Clostridium botulinum to Gamma Rays1
AUTOR(ES)
Anellis, A.
RESUMO
A total of 102 strains of Clostridium botulinum (56 strains of type A, 43 type B, and 3 nontoxigenic strains which could not be typed) was examined for resistance to gamma rays. When these organisms were suspended in neutral phosphate buffer in concentrations of 104 spores per tube, the threshold sterilizing dose appeared to be 1.4 Mrad. Partial survival to 1.4 Mrad was shown by 10.7% of the type A strains, 18.6% of the type B strains, and one of three nontoxigenic strains. Over-all, type A strains indicated higher radioresistance than type B strains, although there was overlapping. Representatives of the most resistant strains had D values of 0.317 to 0.336 Mrad; the D values of an intermediate group were 0.224 to 0.253 Mrad, and the most sensitive strain studied, 51B, had a D value of 0.129 Mrad. The radioresistance of Putrefactive Anaerobe 3679, strain S-2, was comparable to the intermediate C. botulinum group (D = 0.209).
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