Electron Beam Irradiation Dose Dependently Damages the Bacillus Spore Coat and Spore Membrane

Table 3

Forward-angle scatter (FSC) and side-angle scatter (SSC) values of EB-irradiated Bacillus spores.^a

EB dose (kGy)	FSC ± SD	SSC ± SD
0	3109 ± 185	26329 ± 529
5.3	2468 ± 109^†	28103 ± 286^†
10.4	2453 ± 127^†	30162 ± 372^†
16.0^b	2513 ± 89^†	31443 ± 1079^†
21.7^b	2628 ± 123^†	31854 ± 922^†

^aMean ± standard deviation for spores identified in Q2 of Figure 4
^bLess than 50,000 spores available to evaluate
^†𝑃≤0.001 by Tukey-Kramer test, as compared to 0 dose (unirradiated control).