title: [Biological action of plutonium-239 on Salmonella typhimurium].
abstract: Salmonella typhimurium cells were exposed in a 239Pu citrate solution. Cell death and induction of gene mutations were an exponential function of gamma radiation dose. LD37 was 34.8 Gy; mutation doubling dose, 19 Gy.
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D002951:Citrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D009942:Organometallic Compounds
vernacular_title: Biologicheskoe deĭstvie plutoniia-239 na Salmonella typhimurium.