Modified quantitative association of official analytical chemists sporicidal test for liquid chemical germicides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3304-3307

  Miner, Norman ^a,b   Armstrong, Michelle ^a   Carr, Cheri D ^a   Maida, Braulia ^a   Schlotfeld, Lindy ^a  

^a MicroChem Laboratory Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 0030852903     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3304-3307.1997     Document Type: Article

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