[Effect of He-Ne-laser irradiation on plasmid transformation of Escherichia coli bacteria].

The influence of the of radiation a He-Ne laser (632.8 nm, 30 W/m2, 5-20 J/m2) on the transformation of Escherichia coli cells with plasmid DNA was studied. The irradiation of a mixture of bacterial cells and plasmid DNA increased the transformation efficiency 2.

[Lethal and mutagenic action of solar radiation on model microbiological test systems].

Lethal, mutagenic and recombonogenic action of the solar radiation on the model microorganisms--phage T4, bacteria Escherichia coli and ascomycet Aspergillus nidulans--has been studied. A considerable lethal effect of the solar radiation on phage T4 and E. coli was found.

In vitro repair of UV-or x-irradiated bacteriophage T4 DNA by extract from blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans.

The cell-free extract from blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans contains enzymatic activities which repair in vitro transforming DNA of bacteriophage T4 damaged by UV light or X-rays. The repair effect of the extract was observed with double-stranded irradiated DNA but not with denatured irradiated DNA. The level of restoration of the transforming activity depends on the protein concentration in the reaction mixture and on the dose of irradiation.