Inactivation of bacteria in seawater by low-amperage electric current

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2405-2408

  Park, Jong Chul ^a   Lee, Min Sub ^a   Lee, Dong Hee ^a   Park, Bong Joo ^a   Han, Dong Wook ^a   Uzawa, Masakazu ^b   Takatori, Kosuke ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Applied Science Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; SEAWATER;

MARICULTURE;

BACTERIA;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRICAL METHOD; MARICULTURE; SEAWATER;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFECTION; MARICULTURE; NONHUMAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEAWATER; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0037393026     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2405-2408.2003     Document Type: Article

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