Survival of Clostridium botulinum Spores

AUTOR(ES)

Anellis, A.

RESUMO

Radiation survival curves of spores of Clostridium botulinum strain 33A exhibited an exponential reduction which accounted for most of the population, followed by a “tail” comprising a very small residual number [7 to 0.7 spore(s) per ml] which resisted death in the range between 3.0 and 9.0 Mrad dose levels. The “tail” was not caused by protective spore substances released into the suspensions during irradiation, by the presence of accumulated radiation “inactivated” spores, or by heat shock of pre-irradiated spores. The theoretical number of spore targets which must be inactivated by irradiation was estimated both by a graphical and by a computation method to be about 80, and the D value was calculated to be 0.295 and 0.396 Mrad, respectively, in buffer and in pork pea broth.

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