DESTRUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS BY GAMMA RADIATION
Öz
The mechanistic aspects of the radiation induced inactivation process of microorganisms were analyzed; a reaction mechanism was proposed, and accordingly a dose-dependent inactivation kinetics was developed for the inactivation and sterilization of microbial weapons. The kinetic model was validated using experimental survival values of Bacillus anthracis 34F2 sterne. Dried samples of Bacillus anthracis 34F2 sterne spores mixed with non-fat milk were irradiated at 0-31 kGy gamma radiation doses at 25 oC and then eluted with buffered peptone water, and plated on tryptic soy agar by the pour technique in petri dishes. The plates were then incubated at 37 oC for 18-24 h and microorganism colonies were counted. By using the experimental survival data in the developed kinetic model, the inactivation parameters including initial cell number in a microorganism colony (no: 3.17 cells/CFU), radiation sensitivity (G: 0.45 kGy-1), threshold dose (De: 2.59 kGy), decimal reduction dose (D10: 5.18 kGy), sterility assurance dose (DSAL: 31.05 kGy), and minimum sterilization dose (DMRD: 62.10 kGy) were evaluated. These parameters were correlated with each other and the proposed mechanism and their values were compared with literature. By using the numerical values of kinetic parameters in the model equation, the dose dependent inactivation kinetics of Bacillus anthracis 34F2 sterne was simulated and compared with experimental data. Correlation coefficient (r: 0.9709) of the inactivation line indicated that the kinetic equations and corresponding mechanism were acceptable (p<0.01) for describing the dose dependent inactivation processes of Bacillus anthracis 34F2 sterne. It is concluded that developed model and model parameters can be used for the process efficacy control and dose setting for radiation sterilization of biological weapons.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Metroloji,Uygulamalı ve Endüstriyel Fizik
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
26 Haziran 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
28 Mayıs 2019
Kabul Tarihi
18 Haziran 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 31 Sayı: 1