RESPONSE OF PHOTOBACTERIUM FISCHERI MAV EXPOSED TO AN ULTRA HIGH DOSE-RATE PULSED ELECTRON BEAM.

Cellular suspensions of Photobacterium fischeri MAV were exposed to electron irradiation from a pulsed linear accelerator. As the average dose rate per pulse was increased, modifications in the survival slopes were obtained. The parameter, D0, was found to increase as a power function of dose rate.