Extraordinary survival of nanobacteria under extreme conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 123-129

  Björklund, Mikael ^a   Çiftçioglu, Neva ^a   Kajander, E Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Heat resistance; Nanobacteria; Radiation resistance; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; AUTOCLAVES; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DISINFECTION; DNA; DRYING; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUTOCLAVING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; NANOBACTERIA;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0038151406     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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