DNA FRAGMENTATION IN MICROORGANISMS ASSESSED IN SITU 2 3 4 Running title : DNA fragmentation in microorganisms 5 6 7

a INIBIC-Genética, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, As Xubias 84, 11 15006A Coruña, Spain. 12 13 b Laboratorio de Genética Molecular y Radiobiología, Centro Oncológico de Galicia, 14 Avda. de Montserrat s/n, 15009-A Coruña, Spain. 15 16 c Unidad de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2804917 Madrid, Spain. 18 19 d INIBIC-Microbiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, As 20 Xubias, 84, 15006-A Coruña, Spain 21 22

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