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Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 385, 2002, pp. 306–309. Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk, Vol. 385, No. 3, 2002, pp. 412–415. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Auslender, Vedernikov, Grachev, Drukker, Korchagin, Kruglyakov, Kudryavtsev, Kulikova, Netsvetaeva, Pavlova, Parfenova, Seme- nova, Serbin, Terkina, Tkov, Chebykin. BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOPHYSICS, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Sterilization of Mail by Means of an Electron Beam Accelerator V. L. Auslender*, V. A. Vedernikov*, Corresponding Member of the RAS M. A. Grachev**, V. V. Drukker**, A. I. Korchagin*, E. P. Kruglyakov*, A. M. Kudryavtsev*, N. S. Kulikova**, O. G. Netsvetaeva**, O. N. Pavlova**, V. V. Parfenova**, E. A. Semenova**, V. I. Serbin*, I. A. Terkina**, A. V. Tkov**, and E. P. Chebykin** Received December 29, 2001 In view of the recent cases of postal bioterrorism DNA [9] showed that B. anthracis, B. cereus, and with the use of anthrax spores in sealed envelopes (see B. thuringiensis strains are very closely related and can [11] and http://www. ), we experimentally be assigned to the same species. The closeness of these checked and demonstrated the possibility of using an microorganisms was confirmed by the results of analy- industrial electron beam accelerator for sterilization of sis of PCR products [10, 11] and multilocus enzyme mail. analysis [12]. The main characteristics that distinguish Industrial electron beam accelerators are widely these bacteria are related to extrachromosomal ele- used for sterilization of medical equipment, drugs, ments, plasmids. For example, the pathogenic pro