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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1969 October; 18(4): 555-557
Copyright © 1969 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Reaction of Airborne Rhizobium meliloti to Some Environmental Factors

Naval Biological Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

ABSTRACT

Survival of Rhizobium meliloti 102F5 in aerosols at 20 C was maximal at high relative humidity (RH) and minimal at low RH. Relatively high concentrations of NO₂, SO₂, or formaldehyde were needed to significantly reduce viability of R. meliloti in aerosols at 50% RH. Except for the reduction in activity of formaldehyde by SO₂, there was no additive or antagonistic effect of mixing pollutants. High environmental RH enhanced bactericidal activity of NO₂ and SO₂. High RH minimized and low RH accentuated the biological effect of ultraviolet light of 300 to 400 nm wavelength.