Applications of a Rapid Endospore Viability Assay for Monitoring UV Inactivation and Characterizing Arctic Ice Cores

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Shafaat, Hannah S., Ponce, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Lester; Nicholson; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00255-06

We have developed a rapid endospore viability assay (EVA) in which endospore germination serves as an indicator for viability and applied it to (i) monitor UV inactivation of endospores as a function of dose and (ii) determine the proportion of viable endospores in arctic ice cores (Greenland Ice Sh...