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. 1975 Jun;29(6):861–863. doi: 10.1128/am.29.6.861-863.1975

Radiation Resistance of Spores of Some Clostridium perfringens Strains

Walter J Clifford 1,1, Abe Anellis 1
PMCID: PMC187096  PMID: 168810

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens spores (eight strains) were irradiated in a model system with 60Co gamma rays at -30 C. The quantal response data were analyzed with extreme value statistics. It was found (at the 95% confidence level) that all eight strains followed the same rate of death and that this rate was probably (at the 95% level) not exponential. The statistics did not exclude, however, a normal, lognormal, Weibull, or related rate of spore kill. A more definitive study would be required to distinguish between the latter distributions.

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