Survival of Yersinia pestis on environmental surfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2166-2171

  Rose, Laura J ^a,b   Donlan, Rodney ^a   Banerjee, Shailen N ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYETHYLENES; STAINLESS STEEL;

EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BUFFER; CYANODITOLYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; DYE; GLASS; PHOSPHATE; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN HEART INFUSION BROTH; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESICCATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PLATE COUNT; STAINING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL TIME; YERSINIA PESTIS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DESICCATION; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PAPER; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0037394668     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2166-2171.2003     Document Type: Article

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