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DULBECCO1 has reported that exposure to visible light in the presence of bacterial cells enhances reactivation of coli-bacteriophage which has been inactivated by ultra-violet radiation. Kelner2 reported earlier this year that visible light enhances the recovery of conidia of Streptomyces griseus which have been treated with ultra-violet radiation. Some years ago, Whitaker3 found what may have been the same kind of effect in the eggs of the alga, Fucus furcatus.
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BLUM, H., Loos, G., PRICE, J. et al. Enhancement by ‘Visible’ Light of Recovery from Ultra-Violet Irradiation in Animal Cells. Nature 164, 1011 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641011a0
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