Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Bacterial Microflora Associated with Human Amniotic Membrane

Table 2

Radiation response of bacterial isolates.

Organisms	Total number of isolates	Survive up to radiation dose (KGy)
		4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Staphylococcus spp.	17	17	16	7	3	Nil	Nil	Nil
Streptococcus spp.	14	14	14	14	12	7	2	Nil
Pseudomonas spp.	5	5	3	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Bacillus spp.	5	5	5	5	3	Nil	Nil	Nil
Total	41	41	40	26	18	7	2	Nil
% Survival		100%	97.5%	63.4%	43.9%	17.1%	4.8%	Nil