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There is no appreciable bacteria death due to the exposure to PBI alone, indicating that PBI is not chemically toxic to the bacteria at a dose as high as 625\u03bcM. However, exposure to PBI and a solar simulator light (300-W Xe\/Hg lamp, 30 min, 18.6 J\/cm2, equivalent to 30 min outdoor sunlight) causes significant bacteria death: 35% at 25\u03bcM and 55% at 625\u03bcM PBI. Exposure of the bacteria to light and PBI at doses 5-25\u03bcM causes the bacteria to revert, an indication of mutation. In the presence of PBI but without light irradiation, the number of revertant bacteria colonies is around 200 due to spontaneous mutation. Combination of light irradiation and PBI causes the number of revertant TA 102 colonies to increase in a dose dependent manner, reaching a maximum of around 1700 revertant colonies at 25 \u03bcM PBI. At higher PBI concentrations, the number of revertant colonies remains constant. This result clearly indicates that PBI is photomutagenic in TA 102. Exposure of the human skin HaCaT keratinocytes in aqueous solution in the presence of PBI causes the cell to lose its viability with or without light irradiation. There is no significant difference in cell viability for the light irradiated or non-irradiated groups, indication PBI is not photocytotoxic. 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