Environmental science & technologyUltraviolet RaysDNA RepairDNA DamageDisinfection
Far-UVC (222 nm) Suppresses Bacterial UV Resistance and Repair through Inhibition of DNA Repair Pathways.
Zi-Bo Jing, Wen-Long Wang, Qian-Yuan Wu, Zhuo Chen, Yun-Peng Wu, Lu Peng, Zi-Cheng Yang, Xin-Hao Cai, Ping Zhu, Zhi-Lan Chen, Karl G Linden
Published: 202610.1021/acs.est.5c09803
Abstract
Controlling pathogenic bacteria is essential for safe drinking water, but conventional UV disinfection can be compromised by bacterial DNA repair and radiation-resistant strains. This study demonstrates that microbial radiation resistance is fundamen…
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