Chloramphenicol pretreatment enhances resistance to UV, X-rays and H2O2 damage in Escherichia coli but not of infecting UV-damaged phages

Fernandes, P.M.; Carvalho, R.E.; Leitão, A.C.

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 20(6): 873-875

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0100-879X
PMID: 3331955
Document Number: 301755
Chloramphenicol pretreatment of Escherichia coli increases resistance to UV, X-rays and H2O2 damage. Increased survival of UV-irradiated, infecting lambda phages is not observed. The hypothesis that enhanced survival of chloramphenicol-pretreated cells is due to the induction of plasmid "repairons" is questioned.

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