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Abstract
The blue-green alga, Synechococcus lividus, was grown under various levels of radiations. Shielding of cultures with lead resulted in a lower cell growth rate: the reduction disappeared when a normal radiation level was restored in the lead chamber. Irradiations from a thorium source at a dose-rate 14 times higher than that of natural irradiation stimulated the growth of the algae. These results are a new demonstration of a biological effect of background radiations.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6404848 DOI： 10.1080/09553008314550481
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med ISSN： 0020-7616