ON THE INACTIVATION OF BACTERIA BY SINGLET OXYGEN - ANOTHER VIEW

Midden and Dahl, in a recent paper [1], have presented important data on the inactivation of bacteria by singlet oxygen. In analyzing the da ta, use was made of a theory published earlier by the present author [ 4]. The purpose of this paper is to point out that theory and experime nt can be brought into better agreement by assuming that the interacti on of singlet oxygen with the bacteria takes lace in an essentially li pid environment rather than aqueous.