Changes in Pigment Composition and Photosynthetic Activity of Aquatic Fern (Azolla Microphylla Kaulf.) Exposed to Low Doses of UV-C (254 nm) Radiation

1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jayakumar ◽  
M. Eyini ◽  
P. Selvinthangadurai ◽  
K. Lingakumar ◽  
A. Premkumar ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 109357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasios I. Darras ◽  
G. Tsikaloudakis ◽  
I. Lycoskoufis ◽  
C. Dimitriadis ◽  
D. Karamousantas

2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. e81
Author(s):  
Seiji Takeuchi ◽  
Toshiro Matsuda ◽  
Ryusuke Ono ◽  
Mariko Tsujimoto ◽  
Chikako Nishigori
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Ruetalo ◽  
Ramona Businger ◽  
Michael Schindler

AbstractThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic urges for cheap, reliable and rapid technologies for disinfection and decontamination. We here evaluated the efficiency of UV-C irradiation to inactivate surface dried SARS-CoV-2. Drying for two hours did not have a major impact on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, indicating that exhaled virus in droplets or aerosols stays infectious on surfaces at least for a certain amount of time. Strikingly, short exposure of high titer surface dried virus (3*10^6 IU/ml) with UV-C light (16 mJ/cm2) resulted in a total reduction of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. Together, our results demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly inactivated by relatively low doses of UV-C irradiation. Hence, UV-C treatment is an effective non-chemical possibility to decontaminate surfaces from high-titer infectious SARS-CoV-2.


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