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Combined Lethal Effect of Zinc Chloride and Gamma Irradiation on Bacillus megaterium

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IT has been known for several years that zinc chloride, like the salts of other heavy metals, has a lethal effect on bacteria1–5. Inactivation of micro-organisms by irradiation has also been extensively studied6–10, and yet the effect of the combination of these two inactivating agents has received little attention.

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KIORTSIS, M. Combined Lethal Effect of Zinc Chloride and Gamma Irradiation on Bacillus megaterium. Nature 217, 746–747 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217746a0

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