Effects of Solar UV Radiations

Figure 1
Strain: G948-1C

The cells on one half of the plate were shaded with dark paper. 1/4 were shaded with sunscreen and 1/4 were unprotected. The plate was exposed to sunlight for 4 min. The cells under the paper grew well. The cells under the sunscreen grew little. The unprotected cell barely grew at all.

Figure 2

Strain G948-1C used as bioassay. The plate was exposed to sunlight while a portion of the cells were shaded with sunglasses.