BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Photoinactivation of Propionibacterium acnes by near-ultraviolet light. 1984

B Kjeldstad

Photodestruction of Propionibacterium acnes was investigated by broad-band near-ultraviolet light. The inactivation of the bacteria was found to be oxygen dependent, and without O2 practically no photoinactivation occurred. D2O caused an increased inactivation (D10 = 5 kJ/m2 in D2O as compared to D10 = 11 kJ/m2 in normal water). Decreased temperature during illumination increased the ability to form colonies. The results are compared with corresponding results for other types of cells and the destruction mechanism is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011425 Propionibacterium acnes A bacteria isolated from normal skin, intestinal contents, wounds, blood, pus, and soft tissue abscesses. It is a common contaminant of clinical specimens, presumably from the skin of patients or attendants. Corynebacterium acnes,Corynebacterium parvum
D004307 Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation The relationship between the dose of administered radiation and the response of the organism or tissue to the radiation. Dose Response Relationship, Radiation,Dose-Response Relationships, Radiation,Radiation Dose-Response Relationship,Radiation Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Radiation Dose-Response,Relationships, Radiation Dose-Response
D014466 Ultraviolet Rays That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum immediately below the visible range and extending into the x-ray frequencies. The longer wavelengths (near-UV or biotic or vital rays) are necessary for the endogenous synthesis of vitamin D and are also called antirachitic rays; the shorter, ionizing wavelengths (far-UV or abiotic or extravital rays) are viricidal, bactericidal, mutagenic, and carcinogenic and are used as disinfectants. Actinic Rays,Black Light, Ultraviolet,UV Light,UV Radiation,Ultra-Violet Rays,Ultraviolet Light,Ultraviolet Radiation,Actinic Ray,Light, UV,Light, Ultraviolet,Radiation, UV,Radiation, Ultraviolet,Ray, Actinic,Ray, Ultra-Violet,Ray, Ultraviolet,Ultra Violet Rays,Ultra-Violet Ray,Ultraviolet Black Light,Ultraviolet Black Lights,Ultraviolet Radiations,Ultraviolet Ray

Related Publications

B Kjeldstad
5-ALA derivative-mediated photoinactivation of Propionibacterium acnes.
December 2009, Journal of dermatological science,
B Kjeldstad
In vivo photoinactivation of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase by near-ultraviolet light.
June 1977, Nature,
B Kjeldstad
Propionibacterium acnes.
July 1988, BMJ (Clinical research ed.),
B Kjeldstad
Propionibacterium acnes.
March 2006, Letters in applied microbiology,
B Kjeldstad
Endophthalmitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
January 1978, Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie,
B Kjeldstad
Bronchopneumonia caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
September 1994, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology,
B Kjeldstad
Fibronectin binding by Propionibacterium acnes.
November 1997, FEMS immunology and medical microbiology,
B Kjeldstad
Corrigendum: Proposal to reclassify Propionibacterium acnes type I as Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes subsp. nov. and Propionibacterium acnes type II as Propionibacterium acnes subsp. defendens subsp. nov.
November 2017, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology,
B Kjeldstad
Propionibacterium acnes keratitis.
May 1992, American journal of ophthalmology,
B Kjeldstad
[Propionibacterium acnes adenitis].
August 2005, Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983),
Copied contents to your clipboard!