ArticlePhotochemistry and photobiology
Killing bacterial spores with blue light: when innate resistance meets the power of light.
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- Role of DNA Repair and Protective Components in Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Inactivation by 400-nm-Wavelength Blue Light.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2018Article
- Alpha-ketoglutarate protectsBiochemistry and biophysics reports · 2017Article
- Blue-violet light irradiation dose dependently decreases carotenoids in human skin, which indicates the generation of free radicals.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2015Article
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Abstract
This article is a highlight of the study by Maclean et al. in this issue of Photochemistry and Photobiology describing the sporicidal effects 405 nm visible light alone on endospores of the Clostridium and Bacillus genera. 1.73 kJ cm(-2) was capable of reducing endospore colony-forming units by up to 4-log(10). These findings have never been previously demonstrated and may be incorporated into decontamination methods that span medical, military and food preparatory applications.
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