LAB 8: Controlling Microbrial growth Flashcards
1
Q
It is a non-ionizing radiation measured in 220-300nm that kill microbes.
A
Ultraviolet radiation
2
Q
What does UV light does to a microbe?
A
Pyrimidine dimers that binds cytosine and thymine together. Or disrupts the Nucleic acids.
3
Q
Best duration/exposure of UV light to bacteria?
A
15 minutes
4
Q
a process where mutation is repaired due to light, and lysed by photo lyase.
A
Photoreactivation
5
Q
What are the bacteria that can survive UV light?
A
Bacillus subtilis endospore
Bacillus cereus endospore
anything that has endospore
